Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

and if I license some program from IBM? e.g. OS/400?
Give me whole source or no license...

----- Original Message -----
From: Don <dr2@cssas400.com>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program


>
>
> No, you should have insisted on getting the whole source or no contract.
>
> Source escrow, imho, is a very risky proposition...
>
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Mark Waterbury wrote:
>
> > Dear Sas:
> >
> > >>>---> NOTE: Let this be a "lesson" for all ... <---<<<
> >
> > You should have insisted on a Source Code Escrow Agreement,
> > so that, in the event the vendor goes "out of business" or bankrupt,
> > insolvent, etc., you would be given access to the source code.
> >
> > This should be a standard part of any decent software license
> > agreement, and you should always insist on it, especially when
> > purchasing (or licensing) software for which you do not get the
> > source code with the package.
> >
> > This unfortunate situation that you now find yourself in is precisely
> > why "source code escrow" agreements or clauses in contracts and
> > software license agreements exist, and why there is a fairly brisk
> > business for software escrow agents, who maintain these copies
> > of the source code for their clients.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Mark S. Waterbury
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sas" <sas@toto.co.id>
> > To: <mi400@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program
> >
> >
> > > Dear Sirs,
> > > The background is :
> > > I have many Program on ILE (RPGLE,CLE ) and MI  , but we have no
program
> > > source .Last time when we want to change the logic program we just ask
the
> > > seller, but unfortunetly now the seller are not exist anymore ( "Out of
> > > Bussiness") .
> > > A year ago I already contact to source retrieval but unfortunately
they
> > > didn't have decompiler for ILE
> > > Regards,
> > > Sas
> >
> >
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