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That’s why all of this sort of software should be open standards and user updatable. The company goes under? Install an open source alternative.
by TheCleric 2y ago
That’s why all of this sort of software should be open standards and user updatable. The company goes under? Install an open source alternative.
- toss1 2y agoYup, or, it's required that if they go out of biz and/or the purchaser/successor doesn't want to maintain the software (including security), or the company itself just discontinues the product or support, it is automatically open-sourced (and top execs subject to actual jail time if they don't release the full, accurate, and fully commented source). Also, after full support ends, all attempts to crack, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise retrofit the software are fully legal and non-infringing. The idea is that as long as you provide full support for the system into which you locked your customers, it is yours. As soon as you fail to provide that support, it belongs to the community. You have to give the source to them, and they also have every right to take it.