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-Samvera operates on the most updated versions of Fedora, Apache, etc.; other solutions operate on outdated dependencies. (I don't actually know if this is technically true-it's just something I've heard! Do others know?) Samvera gives you an open solution and a community work with to improve the code.
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- Who owns the IPR? (internal question)
Samvera code is released under an Apache 2 open source license. All contributors to the code, and their institutions, have signed a Contributor License Agreement granting Samvera the right to distribute the contributions they have made.
Samvera documentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except where specifically noted. - Who owns the license again?