License

HyGCS is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0).

Summary

You are free to:

  • Share — Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Full License Text

The full license text is available in the LICENSE file in the repository root, or at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Attribution Requirements

If you use HyGCS in your work, please provide attribution as follows:

In Text:

This work uses HyGCS (Hydro-Geochemical Classification Suite) developed by Conrad Jackisch and Anita Sanchez at TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

In Citations:

@software{hygcs2025,
  author = {Jackisch, Conrad and Sanchez, Anita},
  title = {HyGCS: Hydro-Geochemical Classification Suite},
  year = {2025},
  version = {0.5},
  url = {https://github.com/yourusername/HyGCS}
}

Additionally cite the relevant methodology papers:

  • Roberts, M.E. et al. (2023) - HARP method

  • Zuecco, G. et al. (2016) - Zuecco index

  • Lloyd, C.E.M. et al. (2016) - Lloyd/Lawler indices

  • Musolff, A. et al. (2015) - CVc/CVq framework

Adapted Works

If you modify or adapt HyGCS, you must:

  1. Indicate that changes were made

  2. Provide attribution to the original work

  3. Include a link to the CC-BY 4.0 license

You may apply your own license to your adaptations, but it must not prevent others from complying with the CC-BY 4.0 license for the original work.

Disclaimer

This software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind.

The authors make no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of this software for any particular purpose.

Use at your own risk.

Always validate results with: - Known reference events - Multiple method comparison - Site-specific knowledge - Quality-controlled data

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