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+# GeoBench-2 Dataset License Attribution
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+**Dataset Name:** m-cloudsen 
+**Original Dataset Name:** CloudSEN12 / CloudSEN12+  
+**Original Source:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/tacofoundation/cloudsen12  
+**Related Publication(s):** https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340924008163  
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+## Licensing  
+- **Annotation License:** CC0-1.0 (for the new release of CloudSEN12+)  
+- **Image License:** Copernicus Sentinel data — Open Access (commercial use permitted, with attribution)  
+- **Declared By Original Provider:**  
+ – Hugging Face dataset card stating “licensed under CC0” for CloudSEN12+  
+ – CloudSEN12+ paper: “This dataset is licensed under CC0”  
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+**Redistribution Status in GeoBench-2**  
+This dataset is redistributed under the **same license terms** as declared by the original providers. 
+ServiceNow Research, IBM Research, TUM, and AI Alliance do not claim ownership or grant new rights beyond those already specified.
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+## Attribution Requirements  
+When using this dataset (directly or through GeoBench-2), please cite the original dataset creators:
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+> Aybar, C., Bautista, L., Montero, D., Contreras, J., Ayala, D., Prudencio, F., Loja, J., Ysuhuaylas, L., Herrera, F., Gonzales, K., Valladares, J., Flores, L. A., Mamani, E., Quiñonez, M., Fajardo, R., Espinoza, W., Limas, A., Yali, R., Alcántara, A., Leyva, M., Loayza-Muro, R., Willems, B., Mateo-García, G., & Gómez-Chova, L. (2024). *CloudSEN12+: The largest dataset of expert-labeled pixels for cloud and cloud shadow detection in Sentinel-2*. Data in Brief, 110852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110852