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This project is in early stages of development. We expect to begin making more public announcements about the project technology, methodology and collaborators by mid-2010.
 
This project is in early stages of development. We expect to begin making more public announcements about the project technology, methodology and collaborators by mid-2010.
  
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Archivematica is released under a GPL v2 license. All system documentation is released under Creative Commons license.
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The software applications integrated into Archivematica are each released under their own open-source license. These are checked for license compatibility before they are integrated into the project. A full list of applications with their respective license is available on the [[software]] page.
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Any new software code created for the Archivematica project is released under a GPL v2 license. All system documentation is released under Creative Commons license.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:00, 4 September 2009

Objective

The objective of this project is to integrate a number of open-source tools and applications to create a comprehensive digital archives system that is compliant with the ISO-OAIS standard and other digital preservation standards and best practices.

The project is also trying to estabish an agile development methodology to assist with the ongoing maintenance and development of the system. This methodology is focused on rapid, iterative release cycles, each of which improves upon the system's

About

This project is managed by Artefactual Systems, in collaboration with a number of client partners.

This project is in early stages of development. We expect to begin making more public announcements about the project technology, methodology and collaborators by mid-2010.

Open-Source License

The software applications integrated into Archivematica are each released under their own open-source license. These are checked for license compatibility before they are integrated into the project. A full list of applications with their respective license is available on the software page.

Any new software code created for the Archivematica project is released under a GPL v2 license. All system documentation is released under Creative Commons license.