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I recommend companies add a clause to their licenses that if they go out of business or get acquired with the consequence that the product line gets discontinue
by jll29 5y ago
I recommend companies add a clause to their licenses that if they go out of business or get acquired with the consequence that the product line gets discontinued, the product becomes open source automatically.
That also takes out a lot of risk for bigger companies doing business with startups.
- lozenge 5y agoThe end user doesn't have the copyright to the source therefore they are unable to relicense it. The only person that can make it open source is the acquiring company. The acquiring company might not have signed the EULA, or they could just negotiate an amendment with their new acquiree that removes the clause.
- pjerem 5y agoI’m not sure a company can be liable about something written in a licence if they go out of business. At least it could be seen as a sign of goodwill.