Acknowledge Dr. Todd S. Harris for the hernia-repair videos

README.md

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 The remaining 5,048 questions are the withheld LapChole half, available on request.
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+## Acknowledgements
+
+We are grateful to Dr. Todd S. Harris of California Hernia Specialists, who kindly allowed us
+to use twelve of his publicly available laparoscopic hernia-repair videos in this work. These
+videos provided the surgical-mesh examples in our training data. His permission covers
+non-commercial research use and the release of the annotated frames; the original videos
+remain his and are not redistributed. The video titles and links are listed in `SOURCES.md`.

SOURCES.md

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 The hernia questions and frames in this release derive from publicly available
 YouTube videos. **These videos carry the standard YouTube licence, not an open**
 **licence.** We redistribute only annotated frames — never the video — under a
-direct agreement with the channel owner, limited to **non-commercial research**.
+direct agreement with Dr. Todd S. Harris (California Hernia Specialists), limited to
+**non-commercial research**.
 
 All 12 videos come from *California Hernia Specialists: Specialty Care for Hernia Repair*.