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A company deposits the source code of bespoke software with a neutral third party, to be released to the customer if the vendor becomes insolvent. What is this arrangement called?
This arrangement is called source code escrow. The vendor deposits the source code with a neutral third party, who releases it to the licensee on specified trigger events such as the vendor's insolvency, protecting the customer's continued ability to maintain the software.
- ASource code escrowCorrect
- BShrink-wrap licence
- CSoftware patching
- DSandboxing
Explanation
In a source code escrow, the vendor deposits source code with an independent agent, who releases it to the licensee on defined trigger events such as vendor insolvency. Shrink-wrap is a licence accepted by opening packaging, patching fixes vulnerabilities, and sandboxing isolates program execution.
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