[TransAtlToonz]

Why not simply mandate providing code? It doesn't make any sense to wait until the vendor dies to buy.

[ethbr1]

Because the perfect is the enemy of the good.

Escrow triggered by insolvency or product termination would substantially improve on the status quo.

[TransAtlToonz]

Mandating source code isn't remotely near perfect either. In an ideal world we wouldn't need currency to organize an economy. People gotta demand more.