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They're saying that there's no one to obligate in that scenario. The company made one product, then disappeared. Unless you mean their cloud providers should re
by gs17 3y ago
They're saying that there's no one to obligate in that scenario. The company made one product, then disappeared. Unless you mean their cloud providers should release their setup, but that would have bigger issues.
- TOMDM 3y agoI'm suggesting making it part of bankruptcy proceedings. Again though given the sub licensing potential I can't see it being very effective. Maybe just a slight improvement.
- toyg 3y agoThis could be solved with a state-mandated escrow service. When selling anything that relies on network services, companies should be forced to provide server and client source code to an authority, which will keep it in escrow indefinitely. The company is then required to renew their "IP lock" every X weeks/months; if they fail to do so, the code is made publicly available (maybe for a small fee, to cover operational costs). Extra red tape? Maybe. A perfect system? Probably not, as companies would likely fail to upload updates after the initial market debut; and probably someone would occasionally forget to renew locks on products they still sell. Still better than the terrible status quo? For sure.