Task 1: Legal Framework & Root Hygiene

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Description

Establish the foundational legal and repository hygiene rules for the open-science pipeline before deploying core computational modules. Merely stating a license in documentation is an automated failure for systematic indexing and peer review; a dedicated plain-text legal asset is mandatory.

Technical Checklist

• Create a plain-text LICENSE file in the root directory containing the full MIT License text.
• Configure a comprehensive .gitignore file to ensure local transient variables and runtime binaries never leak into upstream version control:

  .venv/
  .env
  __pycache__/
  *.pyc
  .DS_Store
  .workspace/
  .vscode/