Thank you for your answer
On 28 Dec 2017 7:26 a.m., "Todd C. Miller" <todd.mil...@sudo.ws> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:57:31 +0300, "jin&hitman&Barracuda" wrote:
>
> > My company wrote an authentication software and dev. teams decided to
> close
> > code to others. A customer requested to see codes under one certain
> > condition. They demand to see our codes if our company fall into problems
> > that cause to lose the company. My point of view this looks like some
> kind
> > of quarantee.
> > Have you ever heard anything like this ?
> > Is there any software storing point{, company, people, bank or anything
> > else} some codes until certain events occour and then let people to see
> > codes ?
>
> This is called "source code escrow" and is not uncommon for non-open
> code. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_escrow
>
> We had to use an escrow service at one of the companies I worked
> for in the past. I don't recall which one.
>
> You should be able to search on the term "source code escrow" and
> find companies that provide this service.
>
> - todd
>
