25 Dec
2002
25 Dec
'02
7:30 p.m.
Harsh Busa writes:
also if the product support or the company itself is about to die then the src code sud be released so that it can be maintained by its users.
We could have a software escrow service. The source is kept with a third party and in case the company that wrote the s/w dies, The third party will give the source to the customer.
There was an intersting discussion on this on slashdot about 1 -1.5 months ago. Try searching on slashdot for it. It is very insightful and interesting. Several solutions have also been mentioned to the problem you have stated.
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