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  LICENSE AGREEMENT:

  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and without even the
  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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  The following LAStools and LASlib (with LASzip) are open-source and
  LGPL-licensed (see COPYING.txt) for all entities except those listed
  under (R) when used without the GUI and in single-core mode. Please
  contact me if you need a different licensing for either proprietary 
  use (both commercial or governmental), for use of the Graphical User
  Interface (e.g. 'lasview' or 'lasview -i lidar.las -gui'), for use with
  multiple cores (e.g. '-cores 4'), or if either your or your customer's
  organization is listed under or co-operates with (R).
 
    * lasview
    * laszip
    * las2las
    * lasinfo
    * lasindex
    * lasdiff
    * lasmerge
    * las2txt & txt2las
    * lasprecision
    * LASzip - the lossless LAS compressor at http://laszip.org
    * LASlib (with LASzip) - the API used by LAStools.

  (R) Restricted entities: Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven
  National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Jet
  Propulsion Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National
  Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National
  Laboratories, Lincoln Laboratory, Savannah River National Laboratory.

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  The following LAStools require a license for commercial or government
  use. They can *only* be used freely for strictly non-military purposes
  in case of non-profit personal, non-profit educational, or non-profit
  humanitarian use, where you can personally (!) convince me that you'll
  better the world (according to my definition). (-:

    * blast2dem

    * lasground
    * lasheight
    * lasclassify
    * lastool
    * lasgrid
    * lasboundary
    * lascontrol
    * lasoverlap
    * lasduplicate
    * lassplit
    * las2tin
    * las2iso
    * las2dem
    * lasthin
    * lassort
    * lastile
    * lasclip
    * las2shp & shp2las.

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  If you want to use LAStools please contact me for licensing. You can

  (a) license the existing executables for production
  (b) license the existing executables for inclusion in your software 
  (c) license the source code to adapt it for your production needs
  (d) license the source code to include it in your software package
 
  You can also hire me as a consultant to either create tools tailored
  to your particular needs or to integrate the source code into your
  own software tools.

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  PROGRAMMERS:
  
  martin.isenburg@gmail.com
  
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  COPYRIGHT:
  
  (c) 2007-2012, Martin Isenburg, LASSO - rapid tools to catch reality