Merge pull request #46 from firelab/licensing

Putting in Natallies License file and putting a reference to it in README.md.…

Author: Williamj48

LICENSE

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+THIS SOFTWARE WAS DEVELOPED AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION (RMRS)
+MISSOULA FIRE SCIENCES LABORATORY BY EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
+IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. PURSUANT TO TITLE 17 SECTION 105 
+OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT 
+PROTECTION AND IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. RMRS MISSOULA FIRE SCIENCES 
+LABORATORY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ITS USE BY OTHER 
+PARTIES,  AND MAKES NO GUARANTEES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ABOUT ITS QUALITY, 
+RELIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC.
+
+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.
+
+SOME CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ENITIES EXTERNAL TO THE RMRS MISSOULA
+FIRE SCIENCES LAB.  THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER THE FOLLOWING BSD
+LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 The gust-front-detection-webapp authors. All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

README.md

@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ And then there's a redis instance living at port 6379 where all the job status a
 - Serve tiles instead of individual GeoTIFFs (big refactor, honestly might not be worth at as Cloud-optimized-geotiffs are kinda the future anyway)
 - Hash job IDs to make them unguessable, so resources can't be directly accessed via URL (little development effort, likely med/large refactor effort)
 
+
+# License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
+Copyright (c) 2026 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION (RMRS)
+MISSOULA FIRE SCIENCES LABORATORY
+
+  
 ### Todo after MSU handoff (futures devs read this pls)
 
 - Check that automatic asset deletion occurs within the timeframe specified (should be 24 hours)