Ask HN: What happens to orphaned source code after a startup shuts down? |
Ask HN: What happens to orphaned source code after a startup shuts down? |
Realistically, you could probably buy it but the people who wrote it would be long gone and probably uninterested in helping you bring it back online.
As part of the plan of dissolution, the company can "sell" its assets (including source code). If there are no creditors and none of the other shareholders care, you could "buy" it, most likely for almost nothing.