Add CC-BY-NC-4.0 license, citation section, cross-links to code repos

README.md

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 ---
-license: unknown
+license: cc-by-nc-4.0
 tags:
   - object-detection
   - underwater
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ physics model, then used to train YOLO detectors evaluated zero-shot against the
 [DUO dataset](https://github.com/chongweiliu/DUO).
 
 Full pipeline code, configs, and training scripts: **[github.com/rithish007/ImgGen_AI](https://github.com/rithish007/ImgGen_AI)**
+(MIT license). The descoped Unreal Engine 5.8 simulator arm that preceded this pipeline is
+archived at [github.com/rithish007/Shallow_Seabed](https://github.com/rithish007/Shallow_Seabed)
+(private, access on request).
 
 Classes: `starfish`, `sea_urchin`, `scallop`.
 
@@ -67,3 +70,49 @@ no randomization at all.
   it's included here for completeness/reproducibility, not as a paired dataset+weights set.
 - Scallop and diver false-positive behaviour is under active investigation; see the GitHub repo
   for the current state of that analysis.
+
+## License
+
+This dataset (images, labels, and model checkpoints) is released under
+[CC-BY-NC-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) — reuse and adaptation are
+permitted for non-commercial purposes, with attribution. For commercial licensing, contact
+the author. The companion `ImgGen_AI` code repository is released separately under the MIT
+License.
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use this dataset, please cite it:
+
+```bibtex
+@dataset{ramamoorthysathya2026dataset,
+  author    = {Ramamoorthy Sathya, Rithish},
+  title     = {{MSc Dissertation Datasets and Model Checkpoints: Synthetic Underwater Imagery and YOLO Detectors}},
+  year      = {2026},
+  publisher = {Hugging Face},
+  url       = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/ArcaneEvolution/MScDissertation},
+  note      = {CC-BY-NC-4.0. University of Sheffield MSc Robotics Dissertation.}
+}
+```
+
+If you use the generation/training pipeline, please also cite the code:
+
+```bibtex
+@software{ramamoorthysathya2026imggen,
+  author = {Ramamoorthy Sathya, Rithish},
+  title  = {{ImgGen\_AI: Synthetic Underwater Imagery Generation and Sim-to-Real Object Detection}},
+  year   = {2026},
+  url    = {https://github.com/rithish007/ImgGen_AI}
+}
+```
+
+If you use the descoped Unreal Engine simulator arm, please cite it separately:
+
+```bibtex
+@software{ramamoorthysathya2026shallowseabed,
+  author = {Ramamoorthy Sathya, Rithish},
+  title  = {{Shallow\_Seabed: Unreal Engine 5 Synthetic Underwater Scene Simulator}},
+  year   = {2026},
+  url    = {https://github.com/rithish007/Shallow_Seabed},
+  note   = {Private repository, access on request.}
+}
+```