OmniEarth Open Source License with Mandatory Attribution & Academic Citation
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Copyright (c) 2026 Lokesh Kumar <lokesh.skshukla@gmail.com> (https://lokeshsk.github.io)
Project Repository: https://github.com/lokeshsk/omniearth

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization 
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, subject to the following 
MANDATORY CONDITIONS:

1. COPYRIGHT & ATTRIBUTION NOTICE
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The above copyright notice, this permission notice, and the following attribution 
clause must be retained in all copies, substantial portions, or derivative works 
of the Software.

2. CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL USE ATTRIBUTION CLAUSE
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Any commercial enterprise, corporate entity, proprietary product, software-as-a-service 
(SaaS), internal platform, or commercial data service that utilizes, incorporates, 
embeds, or depends upon this Software (directly or via API/SDK) MUST provide prominent, 
visible, and public attribution to the author and the project:

   a. User Interface Attribution: The phrase "Powered by OmniEarth" or "Data retrieved 
      via OmniEarth" accompanied by a clickable hyperlink to 
      https://github.com/lokeshsk/omniearth must be displayed within the end-user 
      facing application (e.g., in the 'About' section, documentation, dashboard footer, 
      or API credits).
   b. Documentation & Packaging: Commercial documentation, SDK wrappers, and packaging 
      must explicitly identify OmniEarth as an upstream data orchestration engine.

3. MANDATORY ACADEMIC & RESEARCH CITATION CLAUSE
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Any academic publication, research paper, preprint, thesis, conference presentation, 
technical report, or public benchmark that utilizes data, pipelines, or code 
facilitated by this Software MUST explicitly cite OmniEarth using the following 
citation or the repository's official Zenodo DOI:

   Lokesh Kumar. (2026). OmniEarth: A Universal Multi-Modal Earth Observation 
   and Environmental Data Engine. GitHub. https://github.com/lokeshsk/omniearth

4. UPSTREAM DATA PROVIDER ATTRIBUTION & COMPLIANCE DISCLAIMER
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OmniEarth is an open-source aggregation and orchestration tool designed to facilitate 
seamless programmatic access to disparate public and authorized data endpoints. 
OmniEarth DOES NOT own, host, re-license, or claim copyright over any upstream data, 
satellite imagery, meteorological feeds, or soil models accessed via its adapters.

All users, organizations, and downstream applications are strictly and solely liable 
for reviewing, accepting, and adhering to the sovereign licenses and terms of service 
governing each individual upstream data provider, including but not limited to:
   - ESA / Copernicus Open Access Policy (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Copernicus DEM)
   - USGS / NASA Open Data Policy (Landsat, MODIS, VIIRS, EMIT, GPM, SMAP)
   - German Aerospace Center (DLR) EnMAP Data Policy and User License v1.1
   - Italian Space Agency (ASI) PRISMA Policy on Data Access and Utilization
   - Open-Meteo & ECMWF Public Terms (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 - CC BY 4.0)
   - ISRIC World Soil Information Open Data License (SoilGrids CC BY 4.0)

5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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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 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.
