## License

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The AspectBench fine-tuned checkpoint contributions / trained heads are licensed under
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AspectBench adapted the listed base models for aspect-based sentiment analysis;
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- hbs: [classla/bcms-bertic](https://huggingface.co/classla/bcms-bertic) — upstream Apache-2.0.
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**Slovenian SloBERTa permission:** the AspectBench fine-tuned SloBERTa
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owners, confirmed on 17 September 2026. This permission concerns the AspectBench
fine-tuned release; the original EMBEDDIA/SloBERTa release retains its upstream
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