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Author: mustafasoylu

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH - Institute Materials Data Science and Informatics (IAS9) - Stefan Sandfeld (s.sandfeld@fz-juelich.de)
+
+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.

README.md

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 We kindly thank all authors and contributors.
 
+### Third-party Libraries
+
+This project uses the following open-source libraries:
+
+- **react-force-graph-3d** by Vasco Asturiano - MIT License
+  - Repository: [react-force-graph](https://github.com/vasturiano/react-force-graph)
+  - A React component for 3D force directed graphs using ThreeJS/WebGL
+
+### Funding
+
+This project was developed at the Institute for Materials Data Science and Informatics
+(IAS-9) of the Jülich Research Center and funded by the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration
+(HMC), an incubator-platform of the Helmholtz Association within the framework of the
+Information and Data Science strategic initiative.
+
 <div>
 <img style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="HMC Logo" src="https://github.com/Materials-Data-Science-and-Informatics/Logos/raw/main/HMC/HMC_Logo_M.png" width=50% height=50% />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;
 <img style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="FZJ Logo" src="https://github.com/Materials-Data-Science-and-Informatics/Logos/raw/main/FZJ/FZJ.png" width=30% height=30% />
 </div>
 <br />
-
-This project was developed at the Institute for Materials Data Science and Informatics
-(IAS-9) of the Jülich Research Center and funded by the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration
-(HMC), an incubator-platform of the Helmholtz Association within the framework of the
-Information and Data Science strategic initiative.