Recital 61 Release of source code after support period

When products with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; reach the end of their support periodsmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;, in order to ensure that vulnerabilitiesmeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of a product with digital elements that can be exploited by a cyber threat; can be handled after the end of the support periodmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;, manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should consider releasing the source code of such products with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; either to other undertakings which commit to extending the provision of vulnerabilitymeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of a product with digital elements that can be exploited by a cyber threat; handling services or to the public. Where manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; release the source code to other undertakings, they should be able to protect the ownership of the product with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; and prevent the dissemination of the source code to the public, for example through contractual arrangements.