What is Source Code Escrow?

Whether you are a software developer or software customer, SCEC can offer you a completely integrated solution. Secure. Reliable. Seamless.

Picture this.
A software customer purchases highly customized software from a software developer, who commits not only to write the source code, but also support and maintain the software.

Think forward.
If the software developer becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy, who will support and maintain the software? The software developer? It’s unlikely.

The conflict.
On one hand, if the software customer can get a hold of the up-to-date source code, then they can pick up where the software developer left off. On the other hand, the software developer is not likely to give up the source code so easily. After all, source code is probably a developer’s most closely guarded intellectual property.

The perfect solution.
Source code escrow resolves this conflict. It ensures that the software customer obtains access to the source code only when the software developer can no longer support or maintain the software certain specified reasons. Release of the code only occurs under safe, agreed upon conditions. Everyone is protected.