Insert these additional / optional contract clauses into a Software Maintenance Agreement, to set out the provisions for escrow of the software. The clauses include the following provisions:

• If the customer has paid its annual maintenance fees, the supplier will provide the name and address of the escrow agent with whom it keeps a copy of its current working source code and object code.


• Any software customized for the customer is not kept in escrow.

These software escrow clauses are generic (not country specific) and are provided in MS Word format.