LASlib

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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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There are TWO parts to LAStools. One part is OPEN source (LGPL 2.1). The

other part is CLOSED source and requires licensing for most commercial

or government use. If you're unsure please email 'martin@rapidlasso.com'

before using LAStools. For education and evaluation purposes you can use

and test LAStools as much as you need to ... (-:

Personal note: The creator of LAStools and LASzip is currently not able

to attend LiDAR conferences or other scientific meetings in the US over

a somewhat unfortunate, kind of silly, and in many ways absurdly funny

incident involving "laser chickens" and a US Nuclear Weapons Lab. If you

have enough "pull" to rectify this ridiculous situation we would like to

hear from you ... (-;

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This part of LAStools is "free" open-source LGPL (see COPYING.txt). To

purchase a different licensing model contact 'license@rapidlasso.com'.

* laszip

* lasindex

* lasvalidate

* lasliberate

* lasinfo

* las2las

* lasdiff

* lasmerge

* las2txt & txt2las

* lasprecision

* LASzip (with static linking exception)

* LASlib (with LASzip) - the API used by LAStools.

These two are also "free" to use but not available in open source.

* lasview

* laspublish

* lasoptimize

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The following LAStools require licensing for any commercial, government,

or production use. However, they may be used "freely" for all non-profit

personal, non-military educational, or non-profit humanitarian purposes.

Note that the output of the unlicensed version can be slightly distorted

after certain point limits are exceeded. Control output in the console

(aka "the black window") informs the user whenever this happens.

* blast2dem

* blast2iso

* lasground & lasground_new

* lasheight & lastrack

* lasclassify

* lasgrid & lascanopy

* lasboundary

* lascontrol

* lasoverlap

* lasoverage

* lasduplicate

* lassplit

* lasreturn

* las2tin

* las2iso

* las2dem

* lasthin & lasnoise

* lassort

* lastile

* lasplanes

* lascolor

* lasclip

* las2shp & shp2las.

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

(a) license the existing executables for production

(b) license the existing executables for inclusion in your software

You can also contract with rapidlasso GmbH to create LAStools tailored

to your particular needs.

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