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Source Code Escrow - How to Protect Your Custom Software Assets
By Brad P Newman


Source code escrow offers a kind of guarantee to companies who purchase bespoke software solutions from software developers. The functioning of custom software is often mission critical to companies, and if the vendor were unable to continue supporting and maintaining the software, for instance due to bankruptcy, this could present a severe problem to the licensee. One possible solution would be for the licensee to have access to the up-to-date source code.

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Frank Vipond writes:

Subject: Balanced article

Generally a good brief article. May understate the technical issues in using what one gets out of escrow. Also most software companies are sympathetic towards escrow, but the devil is in the detail i.e. exactly what escrow release conditions are 'reasonable'. Frank

Comment provided June 19, 2009 at 2:02 pm

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