# Third-party notices

SimurgArray is MIT-licensed. It uses the following sources under their licences (plan §2). GPL-licensed tools are
used only as external subprocess oracles and are not copied or linked.

| Source | Licence | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| [Illumina BeadArrayFiles](https://github.com/Illumina/BeadArrayFiles) — Copyright (c) 2020, Illumina | BSD-2-Clause | File-format layouts (GTC, BPM, EGT), normalization-bin rule, `GTC_File_Format_v5.pdf`; locus-summary formulas (`examples/locus_summary.py`, ported to `simurg/qc/locus_summary.py`); test oracle |
| [gtc2vcf / idat2gtc](https://github.com/freeseek/gtc2vcf) — Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Giulio Genovese | MIT | IDAT field codes, BPM locus-entry order, EGT data-block variants, GTC write order, assay-type inference (`infer_assay_type`); BAF-regression numerics (`BAFregress.c`, `simurg/qc/contamination.py`); test oracle |
| [plotly.js](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js) 2.35.2 — Copyright (c) 2021 Plotly, Inc | MIT | Bundled verbatim in `simurg/qc/report/vendor/plotly.min.js` and inlined into QC reports (licence files alongside) |
| [openpyxl](https://foss.heptapod.net/openpyxl/openpyxl) | MIT | Runtime dependency: `.xlsx` QC table (not vendored) |
| [klib `ksort.h`](https://github.com/attractivechaos/klib) as shipped in htslib — Copyright (c) 2008, 2012-2013, 2017-2019 Genome Research Ltd | MIT | Quickselect `ks_ksmall` partition order, ported to `simurg/qc/contamination.py` (`ks_ksmall`) to reproduce BAFregress medians |
| [Illumina GTCtoVCF](https://github.com/Illumina/GTCtoVCF) | Apache-2.0 | VCF conversion rules (phase P6) |
| [Picard `picard.arrays`](https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard) | MIT | Second format reference |
| [illuminaio](https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/illuminaio) | GPL-2 | Documentation of IDAT field codes only; oracle via subprocess |

## BSD-2-Clause (BeadArrayFiles, verbatim from its README)

```
Copyright (c) 2020, Illumina
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. 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.

The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those
of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies,
either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project.
```

## MIT (gtc2vcf, verbatim LICENSE)

```
The MIT License

Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Giulio Genovese

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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.
```

## MIT (klib `ksort.h` in htslib, licence header verbatim)

```
The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2008, 2012-2013, 2017-2019 Genome Research Ltd (GRL).

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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.
```