Add public release licences

CITATION.cff

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 message: "If you use this code, please cite the associated article and this software release."
 title: "Analysis code for gabapentinoid prescribing in Catalonia"
 type: software
+repository-code: "https://github.com/DS3-SISCAT/Gabapentinoids"
+url: "https://github.com/DS3-SISCAT/Gabapentinoids"
+license: MIT
 authors:
   - family-names: "de Pando"
     given-names: "Thais"

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 DS3-SISCAT and contributors
+
+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.

LICENSE-CONTENT.md

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+# License for documentation and public materials
+
+Except where otherwise stated, the documentation and non-software public materials in this repository are licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+
+This applies to:
+
+- Markdown documentation in the repository root and under `docs/`, `data/`, `outputs/`, `R/`, and `scripts/`;
+- the public materials under `data/public/`;
+- the diagnostic and regulatory mapping under `data/reference/`;
+- the recorded environment metadata under `environment/`; and
+- `CITATION.cff`.
+
+When reusing these materials, attribute **DS3-SISCAT and the study authors**, link to the CC BY 4.0 license, and indicate whether changes were made. The citation information in [`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff) provides the preferred scholarly attribution.
+
+Software code, scripts, workflows, and executable analysis logic are licensed separately under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
+
+Third-party material, if any, remains subject to its original terms. This license does not grant rights that DS3-SISCAT or the study authors do not hold.

README.md

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 The repository is designed to remain consistent with the manuscript statement that individual-level CatSalut data are subject to data-protection and governance restrictions and are not publicly available. The diagnostic code mapping is supplied as Supplementary Data File 1. See [DATA_AVAILABILITY.md](DATA_AVAILABILITY.md) for the operational interpretation.
 
-## Citation and release status
+## License and citation
 
-Citation metadata are provided in [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff). Replace the provisional software version with the final tag and add the article DOI after publication.
+The software code, scripts, workflows, and executable analysis logic are licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE). Documentation, the public supplement, the diagnostic/regulatory mapping, and other non-software public materials are licensed under [CC BY 4.0](LICENSE-CONTENT.md), except where otherwise stated.
 
-This is a release candidate prepared for manuscript reproducibility. An institutional code licence has not yet been selected; complete [RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md](RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md) before making the repository public.
+Citation metadata are provided in [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff). The software version and article DOI should be updated when the final article citation is available.
+
+The remaining publication and versioning tasks are recorded in [RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md](RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md).

RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md

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 # Public release checklist
 
-- [ ] Confirm the final GitHub owner, repository name, and public/private visibility.
-- [ ] Obtain institutional confirmation that the analysis code and both mapping workbooks may be released.
-- [ ] Select and add an institutionally approved software licence.
+- [x] Confirm the final GitHub owner, repository name, and public visibility: `DS3-SISCAT/Gabapentinoids`.
+- [x] Confirm release authority: publication authorised by the DS3 coordinator.
+- [x] Add the selected licences: MIT for software and CC BY 4.0 for documentation and public non-software materials.
 - [ ] Confirm the final author list and citation metadata.
 - [ ] Add the article DOI and final journal citation when available.
 - [ ] State the formal route for requesting governed data access, if the data controller permits enquiries.
-- [ ] Run `python tools/check_public_release.py` and resolve every finding.
-- [ ] Run `Rscript tools/parse_all_code.R`.
-- [ ] Review `git status` and verify that no generated file is staged.
+- [x] Run `python tools/check_public_release.py` and resolve every finding.
+- [x] Run `Rscript tools/parse_all_code.R`.
+- [x] Review `git status` and verify that no generated file is staged.
 - [ ] Create a versioned release/tag matching the accepted manuscript.
 - [ ] Optionally archive the tagged release in a DOI-minting repository after acceptance.
 
-Do not make the repository public until the licence and institutional release approval have been confirmed.
+The repository may be made public after the completed items above have been verified for the release commit. The remaining unchecked items depend on article acceptance or final data-access wording and do not affect peer-review access to the current reproducibility materials.