Colin Percival's Tarsnap famously has such mechanic (though not a startup). It ensures you wouldn't fall into some kind of bus problem. However, it creates an incentive where the general public has an incentive to see the product fail. I word it like that because from my PoV the general public has a net benefit from F(L)OSS. I suppose that is why people prefer to keep such secret.
But hopefully not before it is too late. We should all think about situations where we are no longer around. Like having your keys/passwords at a notary.
But hopefully not before it is too late. We should all think about situations where we are no longer around. Like having your keys/passwords at a notary.