Source Code Escrow and Business Continuity
A source code escrow is a promise that if the software vendor disappears the customer will be able to keep the system running, and most escrows do not keep that promise because nobody ever checked that what was deposited could be compiled.
- 8 pages
- 92
- Word and PDF
- 14 September 2026
The 2 formats inside
- 1Tripartite source code escrow agreementContract Act 1872 · Copyright Act 1957, s.30 · IBC 2016, s.14On its own₹149
- 2Business continuity and exit assistance schedulefor a hosted or software-as-a-service arrangementOn its own₹149
Read the opening
The first part of “Tripartite source code escrow agreement”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
SOURCE CODE ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT is made at [Place of signing the agreement] on this [Day of the month of the agreement] day of [Month of the agreement], [Year of the agreement].
Between
1. [Name of the software vendor], a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013, having its registered office at [Depositor's registered office address], CIN [Depositor's CIN], PAN [Depositor's PAN], GSTIN [Depositor's GSTIN], acting through [Depositor's signatory's name and designation], duly authorised by a resolution of its Board of Directors dated [Date of Depositor's board resolution authorising signatory], hereinafter the “Depositor”, of the FIRST PART;
And