Ancient Code Measures Whether Software Can Be Handed Over

Field notes

The assessment treats software handover as a repository-evidence problem rather than a dispute over vendor pricing. Its sample report checks clean-machine builds, credential ownership, authorship concentration, test coverage, documentation, and obsolete scaffolding; it reports examples including 4 of 11 keys held by the vendor and 41 dead items. The page also links to Ancient Fences, an open-source scanner, while the fuller transferability report is requested separately.