The agreement required that the awardee must provision for software escrow. A source code escrow agreement is a contract between a client and a software developer, ensuring client protection if software maintenance fails.An escrow includes an escrow agent who will act whenever there is a dispute between both the parties that are involved in the agreement. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish an agreement to protect Licensor's ownership and confidentiality of the Deposit Materials. (TxDOT North Tarrant Express). This practice note addresses key issues in drafting and negotiating a software source code escrow agreement involving an independent thirdparty escrow agent. "Source Code" means the computer code that was used to program the Product. Deposits of Source Code as Escrowed Materials. (a). Prior to each delivery of Source Code to Escrow Agent,. The Texas Government Code does not apply to the Contract.