Re: Escrow Services for Source code

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:51 AM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote:

Leo,

It's my understanding that most source escrow calls for leaving the source
with an independent third party, such as a lawyer.

Al


>Hi,
>
>Did anybody ever use escrow services for for their vendor source codes?
>
>We're negociating changes to a software package we've bought and are are
>asking the (software) distributor about buying the source code along
>with the package.
>The distributor is also making custom modifications to the package to
>suit our needs. So, I guess, he prefers we use an escrow service to
>"store" all the source code and if the software developer goes bankrupt
>(or whatever) we would then have access to the code.
>I guess we should also take the distributor modified code to an escrow
>service.
>
>Any thought about that?
>Any name to suggest? Any company to avoid?
>--
>
>Leo Lefebvre
>leo@tug.on.ca
>Toronto Users Group for Midrange Systems
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