diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index baddf72..e5bc7a8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,22 +1,27 @@ # UFO Event Timeline Processing Tool ## Copyrights: -[ufojson](https://github.com/richgel999/ufo_data) tool: Copyright (c) 2023 By [Richard Geldreich, Jr.](https://medium.com/@richgel99) (Apache 2.0 license) -[libsoldout](https://github.com/faelys/libsoldout): Copyright (c) 2009, Natacha Porté (ISC license) +### Code: +* [ufojson](https://github.com/richgel999/ufo_data) tool: Copyright (c) 2023 By [Richard Geldreich, Jr.](https://medium.com/@richgel99) (Apache 2.0 license) -[json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json): Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Niels Lohmann (MIT license) +* [libsoldout](https://github.com/faelys/libsoldout): Copyright (c) 2009, Natacha Porté (ISC license) + +* [json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json): Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Niels Lohmann (MIT license) + +* Some portions of the specific file udb_tables.h (such as get_hatch_geo, g_hatch_continents) use strings/tables from the ["uDb" project by Jérôme Beau](https://github.com/RR0/uDb). + +### Data files (in 'bin' directory): +Although the C++ tool itself is open source with a permissive license (Apache 2.0), **any commercial use of the copyrighted data in this repository (in any format, textual, JSON, Markdown, HTML, raw binary records, etc.) may require permission from one or more copyright holders**: -## Data files (in 'bin' directory): * George M. Eberhart - Copyright (c) 2022 -* LeRoy Pea - Copyright (c) 9/8/1988 (updated 3/17/2005) +* LeRoy Pea - Copyright (c) 9/8/1988 (updated 3/17/2005). Permission was given for use as long as he is attributed. * Dr. Donald A. Johnson - Copyright (c) 2012 -* Fred Keziah - Copyright (c) 1958 +* Fred Keziah - Copyright (c) 1958. This poster hasn't been updated in 65 years, so it's probably fine for commercial usage. * Dr. Jacques F. Vallée - Copyright (c) 1993 -* Richard Geldreich, Jr. - Copyright (c) 2023 +* Richard Geldreich, Jr. - Copyright (c) 2023. Commercial usage permitted as long as attribution is given. * NICAP - Unknown copyright status - -Note: Although the C++ tool itself is open source with a permissive license (Apache 2.0), any commercial use of the copyrighted data in this repository may require permission from one or more copyright holders. +* \*U\* binary database file U.RND: Copyright 1994-2002 [Larry Hatch](https://www.openminds.tv/larry-hatch-ufo-database-creator-remembered/42142). According to David Marler, Executive Director of the [National UFO Historical Records Center](http://www.nufohrc.org/), "The family has verbally given permission for the database to be used. If you need to speak with them, I have their contact info." ## Instructions @@ -26,3 +31,8 @@ Currently, the tool is Windows only, but it would be trivial to port to Linux/OS Here's the output [Markdown file converted to PDF](ufo_timeline_v1_04.pdf). The latest HTML timeline is published [here](http://www.subquantumtech.com/timeline/timeline.html). +## Special Thanks + +* Thanks to David Marler, Executive Director of the [National UFO Historical Records Center](http://www.nufohrc.org/), for assistance in recovering Hatch's DOS-era UFO program. + +* Thanks to Jérôme Beau, creator of the ["uDb" project](https://github.com/RR0/uDb), for releasing his database tool. His output and code was very useful.