All the lawyers in the world cannot foretell with certainty what a court will decide (under the suasions of other lawyers). That quite seriously is the fundamental problem with escrow.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Vendor Source Code In <CAAJSdji19mcCvm3o54ELWC0Ny9PNvGBWfH6i816b3yu+nmed=a...@mail.gmail.com>, on 05/09/2014 at 06:35 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> said: >This has been an interesting thread. I rather like the escrow idea. I like it, but only if both sides have had bankruptcy lawyers verify that the source code *will* be provided in a timely fashion when the agreement calls for it and that it will *not* be provided to a third party as the result of court action, e.g., if the escrow agent goes bankrupt. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
