Re:What happens to data when a Web start-up dies?
by wheels on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @04:24PM
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The other thing that I see as problematic there is that it aligns your best paying customers with your failure.
This is one of those things that I've thought through a little bit. What seems like it might set up the right chain of motivations is to have the code in escrow where it can be licensed for a pre-negotiated fee and after n-years would become open source.
This is one of those things that I've thought through a little bit. What seems like it might set up the right chain of motivations is to have the code in escrow where it can be licensed for a pre-negotiated fee and after n-years would become open source.