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Preface
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About this doc
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This document provides information about the OpenDataNetwork (formerly CERCO) project software architecture. 

It will explain how the various application within the project will integrate, and how data is flowing between applications.  

This documentation also contains installation, deploy and configuration details.   


License Information
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Software
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All the software used in the ODN project is release under open source licences.    
Namely:

 - `GeoNetwork opensource <http://geonetwork-opensource.org>`_ v2.10: :term:`GPL` v2  (`license <https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/blob/2.10.x/pom.xml#L81>`_)
 
 - `CKAN <http://ckan.org/>`_ v2.5.2: :term:`AGPL` v3.0 (`license <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/release-v2.5.3/LICENSE.txt>`_)
  
 - `Tolomeo <http://egov.formez.it/content/tolomeo>`_ : :term:`GPL` v3



Documentation
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Documentation is released under a :term:`Creative Commons` license with the following conditions.

You are free to Share (to copy, distribute and transmit) and to Remix (to adapt) the documentation under the following conditions:

- Attribution. You must attribute GeoNetwork opensource documentation to `GeoNetwork opensource developers <http://geonetwork-opensource.org>`_.

- Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

With the understanding that:

- Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

- Public Domain. Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.

Other Rights. In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:

- Your fair dealing or fair use rights, or other applicable copyright exceptions and limitations;

- The author's moral rights;

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Notice: For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.

You may obtain a copy of the License at `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>`_

The document is written in reStructuredText format for consistency and portability.


Author Information
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This documentation was written by GeoSolutions. 
The basis for the reStructuredText based documentation is based on the work done by the `GeoServer <http://geoserver.org>`_ project and the `Sphinx <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/>`_ framework. 

If you have questions, found a bug or have enhancements, please contact us through info@geosolutions.it