Per the Collaboration and Partnership Memorandum of Understanding of the Hydra Originating Steering Group Members, one of the foundational tenets of the Hydra Project, now the Samvera Community, is to foster a rich, sustainable open source code base.
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All code contributors must have an Individual Contributor License Agreement (iCLA) on file with the Samvera Community Steering Group, a process which is initiated by completing an iCLA and and emailing it to legal@projecthydralegal@samvera.org. If the contributor works for an institution which has rights over materials that they contribute , the institution must also have a Corporate Contributor License Agreement (cCLA) on file; when no such cCLA exists the potential contributor will be asked to initiate the process of obtaining one and be offered any necessary support from Samvera.
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