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I have worked at a few companies that had contracts written such that if we went out of business (or stopped supporting the product) they would get access to th

I have worked at a few companies that had contracts written such that if we went out of business (or stopped supporting the product) they would get access to the source code. We would regularly upload our source to Iron Mountain for escrow as part of our contract.

m-ee 6y ago
I’ve seen this done with hardware as well when a company I worked for purchased a very specialized IC
- ant6n 6y ago
  What does the „source code“ for hardware look like? Does it also involve patent licenses?
  - m-ee 6y ago
    Wasn’t privy to those details. I assume design files and IP.