Finalize public dataset use terms

TERMS.md

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-# Release terms requiring confirmation
+# Dataset access and use terms
 
-The signed participant agreements authorize redistribution of the voice
-recordings. Before publishing this repository, the dataset maintainer must
-confirm the downstream license or terms permitted by those agreements.
+The participants gave written informed consent for redistribution of these
+voice recordings. The recordings are made publicly accessible for research,
+review, education, and reproducibility concerning vibrato, singing performance,
+music information retrieval, and singing synthesis.
 
-Until that review is complete, this directory is a private staging package and
-does not grant permission to use or redistribute the recordings.
+The recordings remain identifiable voice data. Access to this repository does
+not grant permission to:
 
-At minimum, the final terms should state:
+- identify, re-identify, profile, or contact a participant;
+- impersonate a participant or represent generated speech or singing as theirs;
+- build or distribute a voice clone intended to mimic an individual participant;
+- use the recordings to infer sensitive personal characteristics; or
+- remove this notice when redistributing permitted research materials.
 
-- who holds the relevant rights in the recordings;
-- whether copying and redistribution by dataset users are permitted;
-- whether modification and machine-learning use are permitted;
-- whether commercial use is permitted;
-- any attribution, notice, deletion, or withdrawal procedure; and
-- restrictions concerning identification, impersonation, and voice cloning.
+Any use must comply with applicable copyright, performers' rights, privacy law,
+and the terms under which the recordings were contributed. Rights not expressly
+granted here remain with their respective holders. Cite the accompanying paper
+and dataset when publishing work that uses these recordings.
 
-Do not replace this file with a standard open license unless the signed
-agreements and applicable performer/recording rights support every permission
-that license grants.
+The dataset is provided without warranties. Questions about uses not clearly
+covered by these terms should be directed to the dataset maintainer before use.