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WindNinja – Open‑Source Wind Modeling Software
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This repository contains the source code for **WindNinja**, a public‑domain
software project developed by the USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences 
Laboratory. The main code itself is released into the public domain (see `LICENSE`).

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Third‑Party Dependencies and Their Licenses
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1. **Boost C++ Libraries**
   * Used for: date‑time handling, lexical casts, local time zones, etc.
   * License: Boost Software License 1.0
   * Full text: https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt

2. **GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library)**
   * Used for: raster I/O, coordinate transformations, VRT creation,
     warping, and many helper utilities.
   * License: MIT‑style “X/MIT” license
   * Full text: https://gdal.org/license.html

3. **PROJ**
   * Used for: map projections and coordinate transformations (via GDAL).
   * License: MIT‑style “X/MIT” license
   * Full text: https://proj.org/about.html#license

4. **Poppler**
   * Used for: PDF raster support inside GDAL (reading PDF datasets).
   * License: GPL‑2.0 or later with the “Open Font License” exception
   * Full text: https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/mirrors/freedesktop/poppler/poppler/-/blob/master/COPYING?ref_type=heads

5. **OpenMP**
   * Used for: parallel loops throughout the code base.
   * License: Apache License 2.0 (part of the LLVM/Clang runtime)
   * Full text: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

6. **Qt**
   * Used for: the graphical user interface (menus, dialogs, file handling,
     web‑engine view, etc.) in `src/gui/`.
   * License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (or later) with the
     Qt GPL Exception.
   * Full text: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/licensing.html

7. **Leaflet**
   * Used for: the interactive web‑map UI (displaying wind vectors,
     drawing tools, etc.) located under `data/leaflet/`.
   * License: BSD 2‑Clause “Simplified” License
   * Full text: https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/blob/master/LICENSE

8. **Leaflet‑draw (plugin)**
   * Used for: drawing polylines, polygons, rectangles, circles, etc. on the
     Leaflet map (found in `data/leaflet/draw/`).
   * License: BSD 2‑Clause “Simplified” License
   * Full text: https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet.draw/blob/develop/docs/highlight/LICENSE

8. **Leaflet-Control-Layers-Tree (plugin)**
   * Used for: allowing a tree structure for the layers layout
     Leaflet map (found in `data/leaflet/`).
   * License: BSD 3-Clause License
   * Full text: https://github.com/jjimenezshaw/Leaflet.Control.Layers.Tree/blob/master/LICENSE

9. **OpenFOAM**
   * Used for: optional high‑resolution CFD simulations when the user
     enables the OpenFOAM solver path.
   * License: GNU General Public License v3.0
   * Full text: https://openfoam.org/licence/

10. **Standard C++ Library**
    * Used for: containers, streams, algorithms, etc.
    * License: Implementation‑specific (e.g., GPL with the “runtime
      exception” for libstdc++, Apache 2.0 for libc++, etc.).  This
      library is provided by the compiler/runtime and does not impose
      additional restrictions on the WindNinja source.

11. **Other small utilities**
    * `jsmn` – public‑domain / MIT‑compatible JSON parser.
    * `tinyxml2` – Zlib license.
    * Any additional header‑only helpers that ship with the source are
      covered by the same permissive licenses noted above.

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Contact
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For questions about licensing or to obtain the original source of any
dependency, please contact the WindNinja development team at:

* **Project website:** https://github.com/firelab/windninja
* **WindNinja Support:** wind.ninja.support@gmail.com