BiNgo Genome Viewer — Proprietary License
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Copyright (c) 2026 Billy M. Ngo. All rights reserved.

This software, including its source code, compiled artefacts, bundled
frontend assets, and accompanying documentation (collectively, the
"Software"), is proprietary work of the copyright holder.

1. Permitted use
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The Software is made available for personal, academic, and non-commercial
research use, including:

  - Installing and running the published distribution (e.g. via
    `pip install BiNgoViewer`) for analysis of biological data.
  - Reading the source code for educational reference.
  - Citing the Software in academic publications, with attribution as
    described in the project README.

2. Restrictions
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Unless you have obtained explicit, written permission from the copyright
holder, you may NOT:

  - Redistribute the Software, in source or binary form, modified or
    unmodified, in whole or in part.
  - Incorporate the Software, or any substantial portion thereof, into
    a derivative work or a commercial product.
  - Use the Software, or any output thereof, in commercial services,
    pipelines, or revenue-generating activities.
  - Remove or alter copyright, attribution, or licence notices.

3. Contributions
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Pull requests and bug reports are welcome. By submitting a contribution
you grant the copyright holder a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute,
and sublicense your contribution as part of the Software.

4. No warranty
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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 NON-INFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES,
OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE.

5. Licensing inquiries
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For commercial use, redistribution, or any use beyond the permissions
described above, contact the copyright holder for a separate licensing
agreement.

  Billy M. Ngo
  billy.ngo0108@gmail.com
  https://github.com/billy-ngo/bingo-genome-viewer
