# Custom License Based on CC BY-NC 4.0

## 1. Attribution
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

### Citation
If you use this dataset in your research or project, please cite it as follows:

```plaintext
RoyalCities. (2024). Vocal Textures Dataset. Hugging Face. https://huggingface.co/datasets/RoyalCities/Vocal_Textures_Dataset/
```

## 2. Permitted Uses
- **Research and Non-Commercial Use**: You are free to use, share, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, including the training of machine learning models for research and educational purposes.
- **Creative Works**: The `.wav` files in this dataset may be used in the creation of commercial and non-commercial creative works, such as songs, films, or multimedia projects.

## 3. Prohibited Uses
- **Commercial Machine Learning**: The dataset, including any derivative models or datasets created from it, may not be used for commercial machine learning purposes. This includes, but is not limited to:
  - **Training Models for Commercial Sale, Distribution, or Deployment**: You may not use this dataset to train models intended for commercial sale, distribution, or deployment in commercial products or services.
  - **Creation of Derivative Models for Commercial Purposes**: You may not use this dataset, or any models trained using this dataset, to create derivative models intended for commercial purposes. This restriction applies to any models that incorporate or build upon the features, characteristics, or data derived from this dataset, including but not limited to, the generation of synthetic data for use in future commercial models.

## 4. No Warranty
The dataset is 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 noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from, out of, or in connection with the dataset or the use or other dealings in the dataset.