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+# Scandium Labs Solid-State Battery (SSB) Dataset — License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Scandium Labs
+
+This dataset combines structural/thermodynamic records redistributed from
+third-party materials databases with Scandium-authored processing, quality
+scoring, validation, analysis, and documentation.
+
+## 1. Scandium-authored content — CC-BY-4.0
+
+The Scandium-authored portions of this repository and dataset — including the
+pipeline code, record processing, quality scoring, validation, analysis,
+benchmark results, documentation, and literature-mined records — are licensed
+under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0).
+To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+
+You are free to:
+- **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
+- **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose,
+  even commercially
+
+Under the following terms:
+- **Attribution** — you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the
+  license, and indicate if changes were made.
+
+## 2. Third-party source records
+
+Structural and thermodynamic records redistributed from third-party databases
+carry their respective source-database licenses, which vary per database. Some
+permit unrestricted commercial reuse with attribution (Materials Project, OQMD,
+NOMAD, COD); others impose additional conditions (AFLOW restricts use to
+scientific, academic, and non-commercial purposes).
+
+**The authoritative, per-source license table — including exact record counts in
+the current release and how to identify each record's source — is in
+[LICENSE_BREAKDOWN.md](LICENSE_BREAKDOWN.md).** Every record carries its source
+in `identity.source_db`; consult that field before assuming redistribution
+rights for any row.
+
+## 3. Warranty
+
+THIS DATASET AND ALL ASSOCIATED MATERIALS ARE 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
+NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE DATASET OR ITS USE.