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# 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
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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.