> Most organizations use source control these days, and SaaS or otherwise third-party hosted offerings are very popular, and those may disappear as soon as bill

> Most organizations use source control these days, and SaaS or otherwise third-party hosted offerings are very popular, and those may disappear as soon as bills stop being paid. Version control systems typically store the code on the server in addition to the local machine, so you only need one. Also, deleting all the source code instead of turning it over to the bankruptcy trustees is typically a big no-no, because it could have value to creditors. > And most endpoint disks are encrypted by default or by regulatory environment, so the source code on them isn't accessible without any employees present. Most enterprises use a central management system that can access any endpoint device registered with the management system. But in general you're just making the argument for requiring source code to be put in escrow. > Nobody's auntie is installing LineageOS on their Pixel 1. It doesn't matter that the bootloader is unlocked. We can see exactly the opposite happening on systems where this isn't the case. Ordinary people install Windows 10 on machines that came with Windows 7 etc., long after the hardware OEM declares them out of support. The OS vendor, rather than the hardware vendor, continues to support the device, once there isn't proprietary firmware/drivers locked to a specific kernel version.