source code escrow การใช้
- Whether a source code escrow agreement is entered into at all, and who bears its costs, is subject to agreement between the licensor and the licensee.
- As a solution to this conflict of interest, source code escrow ensures that the licensee obtains access to the source code only when the maintenance of the software cannot otherwise be assured, as defined in contractually agreed-upon conditions.
- Bankruptcy laws may interfere with the execution of a source code escrow agreement, if the bankrupt licensor's creditors are legally entitled to seize the licensor's assets including the code in escrow upon bankruptcy, preventing the release of the code to the licensee.
- Normal escrow sites only deal with physical items or domain names and have $ 25 minimum escrow fees, and then source code escrow sites charge about $ 1000 minimum fees and are designed for only working with large companies and enslaving them with long-term contracts . talk ) 05 : 18, 15 September 2009 ( UTC)
- An unrelated type of escrow is when a purchaser of a complex system, such as bespoke process control software or a large industrial installation, may require the supplier to place the design into source code escrow, so that the purchaser remains in a position to maintain and modify the system in case of the demise of the supplier.