# Credits and Attribution

## Author

**Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães**
- Email: thadillo@gmail.com
- GitHub: [@thadillo](https://github.com/thadillo)
- HuggingFace: [@thadillo](https://huggingface.co/thadillo)

## Copyright

Copyright © 2024-2025 Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães

All rights reserved.

## Development

This software was developed using [Claude Code](https://claude.com/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](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

```bibtex
@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 (thadillo@gmail.com)
Licensed under MIT License
https://github.com/thadillo/participatory-planner
```

#### In Documentation

```markdown
This project uses the Participatory Planning Application by
Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhães (thadillo@gmail.com).
```

## 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: thadillo@gmail.com
- 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.