License
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RePORTaLiN License Information
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Copyright (c) 2025 RePORTaLiN Development Team

Project Information
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- **Project**: RePORTaLiN
- **Description**: Data extraction pipeline for medical research data
- **Repository**: https://github.com/solomonsjoseph/RePORTaLiN
- **Version**: |version|

License Terms
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*[Note: Add your specific license terms here. Common options include MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, or proprietary license.]*

Example MIT License
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If using MIT License:

.. code-block:: text

   MIT License

   Copyright (c) 2025 RePORTaLiN Development Team

   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
   copies or substantial portions of the Software.

   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
   SOFTWARE.

Third-Party Licenses
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RePORTaLiN uses the following third-party libraries:

pandas
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- **License**: BSD 3-Clause License
- **Homepage**: https://pandas.pydata.org/
- **Usage**: Data manipulation and Excel reading

openpyxl
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- **License**: MIT License
- **Homepage**: https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/
- **Usage**: Excel file format handling

numpy
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- **License**: BSD License
- **Homepage**: https://numpy.org/
- **Usage**: Numerical operations

tqdm
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- **License**: MIT License / Mozilla Public License 2.0
- **Homepage**: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm
- **Usage**: Progress bar display

Sphinx and Extensions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Documentation is built using:

- **Sphinx**: BSD License
- **sphinx-rtd-theme**: MIT License
- **sphinx-autodoc-typehints**: MIT License
- **myst-parser**: MIT License

Documentation License
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The documentation for RePORTaLiN is licensed separately:

*[Specify documentation license, often Creative Commons]*

Example:

.. code-block:: text

   Documentation License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

   You are free to:
   - Share: copy and redistribute the material
   - Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material

   Under the following terms:
   - Attribution: You must give appropriate credit

Contributing
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By contributing to RePORTaLiN, you agree that your contributions will be 
licensed under the same license as the project.

See :doc:`developer_guide/contributing` for contribution guidelines.

Disclaimer
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHORS 
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Contact
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For licensing questions:

- GitHub Issues: https://github.com/solomonsjoseph/RePORTaLiN/issues
- Repository: https://github.com/solomonsjoseph/RePORTaLiN

Acknowledgments
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RePORTaLiN is part of the RePORTaLiN research initiative.

Special thanks to:

- The Python community
- pandas, numpy, and other open-source library developers
- Contributors and users

See Also
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- :doc:`user_guide/introduction`: Project overview
- :doc:`developer_guide/contributing`: Contributing guidelines
- :doc:`changelog`: Version history