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+ Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
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+ ==================================
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+ 1. Definitions
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+ --------------
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+ 1.1. "Contributor"
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+ means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
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+ the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
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+
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+ 1.2. "Contributor Version"
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+ means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
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+ by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
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+
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+ 1.3. "Contribution"
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+ means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
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+
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+ 1.4. "Covered Software"
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+ means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
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+ the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
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+ Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
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+ including portions thereof.
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+
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+ 1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
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+ means
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+
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+ (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
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+ in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
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+
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+ (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
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+ version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
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+ terms of a Secondary License.
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+
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+ 1.6. "Executable Form"
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+ means any form of the work other than Source Code Form.
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+
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+ 1.7. "Larger Work"
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+ means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
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+ a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software.
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+
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+ 1.8. "License"
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+ means this document.
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+
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+ 1.9. "Licensable"
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+ means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible,
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+ whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and
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+ all of the rights conveyed by this License.
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+
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+ 1.10. "Modifications"
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+ means any of the following:
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+
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+ (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
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+ deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
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+ Software; or
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+
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+ (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
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+ Software.
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+
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+ 1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor
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+ means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method,
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+ process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
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+ Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the
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+ License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having
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+ made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its
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+ Contributor Version.
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+
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+ 1.12. "Secondary License"
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+ means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU
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+ Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General
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+ Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those
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+ licenses.
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+ 1.13. "Source Code Form"
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+ means the form of the work preferred for making modifications.
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+
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+ 1.14. "You" (or "Your")
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+ means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this
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+ License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that
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+ controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For
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+ purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct
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+ or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity,
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+ whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than
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+ fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial
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+ ownership of such entity.
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+ 2. License Grants and Conditions
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+ --------------------------------
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+ 2.1. Grants
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+ Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
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+ non-exclusive license:
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+ (a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)
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+ Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available,
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+ modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its
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+ Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or
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+ as part of a Larger Work; and
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+
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+ (b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer
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+ for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its
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+ Contributions or its Contributor Version.
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+ 2.2. Effective Date
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+ The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution
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+ become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
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+ distributes such Contribution.
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+ 2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope
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+
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+ The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
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+ this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
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+ distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
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+ Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a
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+ Contributor:
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+
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+ (a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
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+ or
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+
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+ (b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
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+ modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
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+ Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
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+ Version); or
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+
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+ (c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
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+ its Contributions.
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+
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+ This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks,
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+ or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with
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+ the notice requirements in Section 3.4).
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+ 2.4. Subsequent Licenses
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+ No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
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+ distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
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+ License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
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+ permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
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+ 2.5. Representation
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+ Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
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+ Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights
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+ to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License.
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+ 2.6. Fair Use
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+ This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under
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+ applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other
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+ equivalents.
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+ 2.7. Conditions
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+ Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
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+ in Section 2.1.
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+ 3. Responsibilities
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+ -------------------
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+ 3.1. Distribution of Source Form
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+ All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
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+ Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
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+ the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
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+ Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
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+ License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
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+ attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
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+ Form.
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+ 3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
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+ If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
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+
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+ (a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
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+ Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
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+ the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
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+ Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
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+ than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
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+ (b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
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+ License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
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+ license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter
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+ the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License.
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+ 3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
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+ You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,
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+ provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
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+ the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
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+ Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
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+ Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
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+ License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
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+ under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
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+ the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
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+ Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
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+ License(s).
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+ 3.4. Notices
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+ You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
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+ (including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty,
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+ or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of
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+ the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to
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+ the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.
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+ 3.5. Application of Additional Terms
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+ You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
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+ indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
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+ Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
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+ behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
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+ such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
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+ You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
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+ liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support,
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+ indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional
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+ disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any
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+ jurisdiction.
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+ 4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation
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+ ---------------------------------------------------
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+
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+ If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
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+ License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
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+ statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
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+ the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
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+ describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
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+ be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
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+ Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
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+ or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
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+ recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
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+
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+ 5. Termination
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+ --------------
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+ 5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
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+ if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
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+ compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
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+ Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
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+ Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
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+ ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
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+ non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
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+ come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
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+ Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
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+ notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
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+ first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
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+ from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
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+ Your receipt of the notice.
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+
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+ 5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
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+ infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
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+ counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
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+ directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
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+ You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
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+ 2.1 of this License shall terminate.
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+ 5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
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+ end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
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+ have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
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+ prior to termination shall survive termination.
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+
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+ ************************************************************************
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+ * *
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+ * 6. Disclaimer of Warranty *
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+ * ------------------------- *
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+ * *
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+ * Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is" *
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+ * basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or *
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+ * statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the *
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+ * Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a *
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+ * particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the *
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+ * quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You. *
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+ * Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You *
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+ * (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing, *
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+ * repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an *
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+ * essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is *
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+ * authorized under this License except under this disclaimer. *
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+ * *
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+ ************************************************************************
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+ ************************************************************************
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+ * *
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+ * 7. Limitation of Liability *
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+ * -------------------------- *
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+ * *
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+ * Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort *
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+ * (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any *
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+ * Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as *
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+ * permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect, *
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+ * special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character *
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+ * including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of *
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+ * goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any *
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+ * and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party *
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+ * shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This *
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+ * limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or *
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+ * personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the *
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+ * extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some *
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+ * jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of *
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+ * incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and *
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+ * limitation may not apply to You. *
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+ * *
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+ ************************************************************************
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+
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+ 8. Litigation
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+ -------------
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+
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+ Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the
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+ courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal
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+ place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that
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+ jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions.
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+ Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring
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+ cross-claims or counter-claims.
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+
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+ 9. Miscellaneous
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+ ----------------
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+
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+ This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject
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+ matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
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+ unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
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+ necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides
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+ that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter
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+ shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor.
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+ 10. Versions of the License
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+ ---------------------------
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+ 10.1. New Versions
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+ Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section
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+ 10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or
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+ publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a
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+ distinguishing version number.
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+ 10.2. Effect of New Versions
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+ You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version
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+ of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software,
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+ or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license
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+ steward.
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+ 10.3. Modified Versions
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+ If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to
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+ create a new license for such software, you may create and use a
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+ modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove
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+ any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that
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+ such modified license differs from this License).
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+ 10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary
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+ Licenses
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+ If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With
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+ Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the
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+ notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached.
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+ Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice
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+ -------------------------------------------
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+ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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+ License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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+ file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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+ If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular
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+ file, then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE
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+ file in a relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look
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+ for such a notice.
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+ You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
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+ include ReleaseNotes.md
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+ include src/ecaio/data/default_config.toml
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+ prune tests
ecaio-0.2.2/PKG-INFO ADDED
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: ecaio
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+ Version: 0.2.2
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+ Summary: Read-only access to EarthCARE data product files
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+ Author-email: Edward Baudrez <edward.baudrez@meteo.be>
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+ Project-URL: repository, https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio
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+ Project-URL: issues, https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/-/issues
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+ Project-URL: releasenotes, https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/blob/main/ReleaseNotes.md
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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+ Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.10
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ License-File: LICENCE.txt
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+ Requires-Dist: astropy
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+ Requires-Dist: deprecated
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+ Requires-Dist: gdal
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+ Requires-Dist: geopandas
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+ Requires-Dist: netCDF4
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+ Requires-Dist: numpy
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+ Requires-Dist: tomli>=1.1.0; python_version < "3.11"
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+ Dynamic: license-file
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+
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+ # ecaio - Read-only access to EarthCARE data product files
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+
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+ ## Synopsis
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+ ```
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+ from ecaio import EcaioFilename, EcaioOpen, EcaioTime
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+ # ecaio can work with .zip-compressed files directly:
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+ my_msi_file = "ECA_EXAF_MSI_RGR_1C_20250219T114658Z_20250219T133232Z_04147D.ZIP"
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+
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+ # Or you can locate files by glob(). The following will try and locate the
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+ # unique file that matches the following components, regardless of their
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+ # extension, processing start time, or anything else that was not specified
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+ # explicitly. If that doesn't work, an exception is raised.
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+ my_msi_file = EcaioFilename.glob_unique(
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+ root_directory="/my/data/directory",
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+ baseline="AF",
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+ file_type="MSI_RGR_1C",
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+ frame="4147D",
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+ )
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+ # EcaioOpen automatically dispatches to the right subclass, if it recognizes
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+ # the file type (currently, only M-NOM, M-RGR, and B-SNG); otherwise it opens
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+ # the file as a generic EarthCARE file.
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+ with EcaioOpen(my_msi_file) as msi:
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+ # access any header property (here, from the Main Product Header)
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+ description = msi.mph.description
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+ # access fields from /ScienceData with the following convenient syntax
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+ elevation = msi.surface_elevation
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+ # ecaio has built-in recipes for some quantities, like MSI TIR thermal
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+ # radiances (converted from brightness temperatures)
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+ thermal_radiance = msi.thermal_radiance
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+ # use EcaioTime to convert times in EarthCARE format to another format
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+ # (here, to Python standard library ‘datetime’)
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+ line_acquisition_times = EcaioTime.from_float(msi.time).to_datetime()
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Description
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+ `ecaio` is a Python library for convenient access to the data stored in
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+ EarthCARE data product files, together with derived quantities that can be
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+ computed from those data products. The data within `.zip`-compressed data
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+ product archives can be accessed transparently. Currently, access is read-only.
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+ `ecaio` strives to be fast, by caching and performing vector operations where
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+ possible, and convenient to use, by allowing you to retrieve data in few lines
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+ of code, with a syntax that is (hopefully) easy to remember.
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+ `ecaio` is not a library for plotting or analysis of EarthCARE data. There are
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+ other libraries that are better suited for that (e.g., `pandas`, `matplotlib`,
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+ and the tools listed under "See also" below), but `ecaio` strives to make it
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+ easy to prepare your data for subsequent analysis and plotting with other
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+ packages.
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+
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+ ## Features
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+ - Work with `.zip`-compressed data product files directly
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+ - Convenient syntax for access to datasets under `/ScienceData`:
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+ `values = msi_rgr.pixel_values`
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+ - Data are cached to avoid the time penalty when re-using the same data
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+ - Recipes for a few derived quantities are already implemented, such as VNS
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+ reflectances from radiances, TIR radiances from brightness temperatures, RGB
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+ composites for MSI, narrowband-to-broadband conversion for MSI, computation
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+ of frame margins, etc.
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+ - Mask values from bad BBR detectors
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+ - Correct and convenient conversion of time stamps to and from EarthCARE
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+ format (i.e., float)
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+ - Generic file opening with `EcaioOpen()`
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+ - Convenient and fast spatial subsetting of data with `.subset_rectangle()`
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+ - Conversion to GDAL raster datasets with geolocation metadata, to process the
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+ data with [the GDAL library](https://gdal.org)
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+ ## Project development status and interface stability
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+ `ecaio` is still under development, and its interface may change in the future.
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+ Some features have not been implemented yet, and not all EarthCARE file types
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+ are fully supported yet.
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+ ## Homepage
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+ `ecaio` can be found at <https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio>.
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+ ## Installation instructions
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+ `ecaio` has not yet been uploaded to the Python Package Index, so for the time
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+ being, the recommended way to install it is to grab a `.tar.gz` archive from
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+ the Gitlab [release page](https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/-/releases), and to
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+ install it using
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+ ```
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+ pip install ecaio-x.y.z.tar.gz
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+ ```
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+ where _x.y.z_ is the version you've downloaded.
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+ ## Bugs and known issues
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+ No bugs have been reported so far. Please report bugs or feature requests at
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+ <https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/-/issues>.
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+ ## See also
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+ There are a number of other libraries that can ingest and process EarthCARE
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+ data, with a different focus than `ecaio`:
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+ - [ectools](https://bitbucket.org/smason/workspace/projects/EC) is a set of
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+ open tools for searching, loading, plotting, intercomparing and analysing
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+ EarthCARE data products, licensed under Apache 2.0
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+ - [earthcarekit](https://github.com/TROPOS-RSD/earthcarekit) is a comprehensive
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+ toolkit for downloading, reading, analysing and visualizing data from
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+ EarthCARE, licensed under Apache 2.0
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+ ## Copyright and license
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+ Copyright (C) 2025, 2026 Edward Baudrez <edward.baudrez@meteo.be>
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+ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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+ License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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+ file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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+ # ecaio - Read-only access to EarthCARE data product files
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+ ## Synopsis
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+ ```
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+ from ecaio import EcaioFilename, EcaioOpen, EcaioTime
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+ # ecaio can work with .zip-compressed files directly:
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+ my_msi_file = "ECA_EXAF_MSI_RGR_1C_20250219T114658Z_20250219T133232Z_04147D.ZIP"
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+
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+ # Or you can locate files by glob(). The following will try and locate the
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+ # unique file that matches the following components, regardless of their
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+ # extension, processing start time, or anything else that was not specified
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+ # explicitly. If that doesn't work, an exception is raised.
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+ my_msi_file = EcaioFilename.glob_unique(
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+ root_directory="/my/data/directory",
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+ baseline="AF",
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+ file_type="MSI_RGR_1C",
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+ frame="4147D",
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+ )
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+
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+ # EcaioOpen automatically dispatches to the right subclass, if it recognizes
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+ # the file type (currently, only M-NOM, M-RGR, and B-SNG); otherwise it opens
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+ # the file as a generic EarthCARE file.
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+ with EcaioOpen(my_msi_file) as msi:
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+
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+ # access any header property (here, from the Main Product Header)
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+ description = msi.mph.description
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+
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+ # access fields from /ScienceData with the following convenient syntax
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+ elevation = msi.surface_elevation
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+
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+ # ecaio has built-in recipes for some quantities, like MSI TIR thermal
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+ # radiances (converted from brightness temperatures)
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+ thermal_radiance = msi.thermal_radiance
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+
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+ # use EcaioTime to convert times in EarthCARE format to another format
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+ # (here, to Python standard library ‘datetime’)
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+ line_acquisition_times = EcaioTime.from_float(msi.time).to_datetime()
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Description
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+
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+ `ecaio` is a Python library for convenient access to the data stored in
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+ EarthCARE data product files, together with derived quantities that can be
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+ computed from those data products. The data within `.zip`-compressed data
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+ product archives can be accessed transparently. Currently, access is read-only.
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+ `ecaio` strives to be fast, by caching and performing vector operations where
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+ possible, and convenient to use, by allowing you to retrieve data in few lines
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+ of code, with a syntax that is (hopefully) easy to remember.
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+
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+ `ecaio` is not a library for plotting or analysis of EarthCARE data. There are
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+ other libraries that are better suited for that (e.g., `pandas`, `matplotlib`,
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+ and the tools listed under "See also" below), but `ecaio` strives to make it
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+ easy to prepare your data for subsequent analysis and plotting with other
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+ packages.
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+
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+ ## Features
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+
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+ - Work with `.zip`-compressed data product files directly
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+ - Convenient syntax for access to datasets under `/ScienceData`:
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+ `values = msi_rgr.pixel_values`
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+ - Data are cached to avoid the time penalty when re-using the same data
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+ - Recipes for a few derived quantities are already implemented, such as VNS
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+ reflectances from radiances, TIR radiances from brightness temperatures, RGB
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+ composites for MSI, narrowband-to-broadband conversion for MSI, computation
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+ of frame margins, etc.
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+ - Mask values from bad BBR detectors
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+ - Correct and convenient conversion of time stamps to and from EarthCARE
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+ format (i.e., float)
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+ - Generic file opening with `EcaioOpen()`
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+ - Convenient and fast spatial subsetting of data with `.subset_rectangle()`
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+ - Conversion to GDAL raster datasets with geolocation metadata, to process the
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+ data with [the GDAL library](https://gdal.org)
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+
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+ ## Project development status and interface stability
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+
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+ `ecaio` is still under development, and its interface may change in the future.
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+ Some features have not been implemented yet, and not all EarthCARE file types
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+ are fully supported yet.
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+
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+ ## Homepage
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+
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+ `ecaio` can be found at <https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio>.
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+
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+ ## Installation instructions
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+
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+ `ecaio` has not yet been uploaded to the Python Package Index, so for the time
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+ being, the recommended way to install it is to grab a `.tar.gz` archive from
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+ the Gitlab [release page](https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/-/releases), and to
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+ install it using
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+
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+ ```
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+ pip install ecaio-x.y.z.tar.gz
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+ ```
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+
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+ where _x.y.z_ is the version you've downloaded.
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+
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+ ## Bugs and known issues
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+
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+ No bugs have been reported so far. Please report bugs or feature requests at
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+ <https://gitlab.com/ebaudrez/ecaio/-/issues>.
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+
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+ ## See also
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+
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+ There are a number of other libraries that can ingest and process EarthCARE
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+ data, with a different focus than `ecaio`:
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+
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+ - [ectools](https://bitbucket.org/smason/workspace/projects/EC) is a set of
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+ open tools for searching, loading, plotting, intercomparing and analysing
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+ EarthCARE data products, licensed under Apache 2.0
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+ - [earthcarekit](https://github.com/TROPOS-RSD/earthcarekit) is a comprehensive
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+ toolkit for downloading, reading, analysing and visualizing data from
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+ EarthCARE, licensed under Apache 2.0
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+
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+ ## Copyright and license
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+
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+ Copyright (C) 2025, 2026 Edward Baudrez <edward.baudrez@meteo.be>
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+
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+ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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+ License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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+ file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.