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Harsh Busa writes:
We could have a software escrow service. The source is kept withalso 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.
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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Vinayak Hegde
APGDST Student
NCST-JUHU
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