The federal government has been using technology escrow to safeguard their commercial off-the-shelf software for decades, but agencies appear hesitant to use this same protection for classified ...

Placing the source code of programs written by a software vendor into the hands of a third party throughout the development process and/or the term of the license. If the vendor goes out of business ...

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...