License¶

MIT License¶

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 Components¶

pyRVT depends on several open-source libraries:

NumPy - BSD License: Used for numerical computations and array operations.
SciPy - BSD License: Used for scientific computing and statistical functions.
Numba - BSD License: Used for just-in-time compilation of numerical code.
Matplotlib - PSF License (for optional plotting functionality): Used for creating plots and visualizations.

All dependencies maintain their respective licenses. See the individual packages for complete license information.

License Compatibility¶

The MIT License is permissive and compatible with most other licenses, including:

BSD licenses
Apache License 2.0
GNU GPL (when used as a library)
Commercial use

This makes pyRVT suitable for both academic research and commercial applications.

Citation Requirements¶

While not required by the license, if you use pyRVT in research or publications, please cite it appropriately. See Citation for details.