License

mini-causal is released under the MIT License.

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Copyright (c) 2026 Masemene Matlakana Benny

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Attribution

When using mini-causal in your projects, please include appropriate attribution:

mini-causal - A compact Python library for causal analysis
Copyright (c) 2026 Masemene Matlakana Benny
https://github.com/Masemene-Matlakana-Benny/mini-causal

For academic or research publications, please cite the project appropriately.