It used to be normal to have an escrow agreement in software licences so

that if the vendor went bust the source code would be released by the

third-party escrow holder.

On 10/07/2013 04:48, Jeff Johnson wrote:

> I agree, but what do you think about this? There is a medical

> hardware company that sold their devices with software. The software

> company went out of business and a lot of people legally own the

> hardware and software but it is unusable because they can't get

> installation codes. What would you call it if someone reverse

> engineered the installation codes so the users could use their equipment?

>

>

> Jeff

>

> ---------------

>

> Jeff Johnson

> jeff@san-dc.com

> (623) 582-0323

>

> www.san-dc.com

> www.arelationshipmanager.com

>

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