How software gets built and maintained
Engineering teams build up a long, detailed trail of their decisions:
- Commit history across your repositories
- Pull requests and their review comments
- Support tickets and bug reports, from first report to final fix
- Test and build history
- Notes on architecture and on releases
Your repos keep your code
Your original records stay right where they are. You are never asked for tokens, credentials or repo access. License Your Data builds the copy, and nothing leaves until you have approved a sample. You can withhold any repository or product that you consider central.
Keeping client code out
When you write software for clients, the code may be theirs. Each project like that can be excluded on its own. You and your counsel decide whether client projects fit your contracts, and we give no legal advice on it. The simplest start is often your own products, and your internal tools can hold history that is every bit as useful.
Customer data in tickets and logs
Account details and customer names often show up in logs and support threads. In the copy, every person, customer and company name is replaced with a placeholder, along with addresses and account numbers. Any repository, tool or period can also be excluded outright.
How to start
Ask for the estimate first. In the first short call, say which repositories hold your products, which contain work for clients and where conversations with customers live. That list usually decides scope on its own. Shipping carries on as normal, because your systems never need to be accessed. Any review of the sample by counsel or security happens before anything leaves. You can stop at any point before you approve, and nothing has been shared.
What founders tend to ask
Do we give up our IP?
No. Buyers receive a license to the copy you signed off on. You hold on to your originals and your ownership.
Do we pay a fee?
No. None of this costs you anything.
Is the first call under NDA?
Yes. Everything starts under NDA, and nothing is shared until you approve.
See my company's range.
Your staff count and company age set it. Your stack and product type play no part.
How many employees does your company have?
Indicative estimate based on your answers. Not an offer or guarantee.