This is often a factor with commercial contracts with a vendor - source code is put in "escrow" [1], to be released if the vendor goes bankrupt. [1] https://en

This is often a factor with commercial contracts with a vendor - source code is put in "escrow" [1], to be released if the vendor goes bankrupt. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_escrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_escrow