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+## License
+
+This dataset is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
 
 ## Related datasets
 ### BHSA Family