CREDITS.md

Credits and Attribution

Author

Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães

• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub: @thadillo
• HuggingFace: @thadillo

Copyright

Copyright © 2024-2025 Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães

All rights reserved.

Development

This software was developed using Claude Code for AI-enhanced development, combining human expertise with AI assistance to create a robust participatory planning platform.

License

This software is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for full details.

Citation Requirement

This software must be cited and credited to Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães whenever used or employed in any capacity.

How to Cite

In Academic Publications

@software{magalhaes2025participatory,
  author = {Magalhães, Marcos Thadeu Queiroz},
  title = {Participatory Planning Application},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://github.com/thadillo/participatory-planner},
  license = {MIT}
}

In Software/Applications

Participatory Planning Application
Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães ([email protected])
Licensed under MIT License
https://github.com/thadillo/participatory-planner

In Documentation

This project uses the Participatory Planning Application by
Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães ([email protected]).

Attribution Requirements

When using this software, you must include attribution in:

1. Source Code

   • Copyright headers in modified or derivative files
   • README or documentation files
   • License notices

2. User Interfaces

   • About/Credits section
   • Help documentation
   • Startup screens (where applicable)

3. Academic Publications

   • References/Bibliography section
   • Acknowledgments section
   • Methods section (when describing the tool)

4. Commercial Applications

   • Product documentation
   • Credits section
   • Legal notices

Third-Party Dependencies

This software builds upon excellent open-source projects:

Core Framework

• Flask - Web framework (BSD-3-Clause License)
• SQLAlchemy - Database ORM (MIT License)

AI/ML Components

• Hugging Face Transformers - NLP models (Apache 2.0 License)
• PyTorch - Machine learning framework (BSD-3-Clause License)
• PEFT - Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (Apache 2.0 License)

Frontend Libraries

• Bootstrap 5 - UI framework (MIT License)
• Leaflet.js - Interactive maps (BSD-2-Clause License)
• Chart.js - Data visualization (MIT License)

Utilities

• python-dotenv - Environment configuration (BSD-3-Clause License)
• Flask-Limiter - Rate limiting (MIT License)

All third-party dependencies retain their original licenses and copyrights.

Pre-trained Models

This application uses the following pre-trained AI models:

• facebook/bart-large-mnli - Meta AI (MIT License)
• MoritzLaurer/DeBERTa-v3-base-mnli-fever-anli - Moritz Laurer (MIT License)
• valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3 - Valhalla (Apache 2.0 License)

These models are used for zero-shot classification and are not modified by this software.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

• The Hugging Face team for their excellent transformers library
• The Flask community for a robust web framework
• Anthropic's Claude Code for AI-enhanced development tools
• All open-source contributors whose work made this project possible

Questions?

For questions about attribution, licensing, or usage:

• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub Issues: https://github.com/thadillo/participatory-planner/issues

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Remember: Proper attribution is not just a legal requirement—it's a way to acknowledge the work and effort that went into creating this software. Thank you for respecting the license and citing this work appropriately.