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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 of LAStools. One part is open source. 
  The other part is closed source and requires licensing for most 
  commercial or government use. If you're unsure please email 
  'info@rapidlasso.de' before using LAStools.
  For education and evaluation purposes you can use and test LAStools 
  for free. Some free version tools are limited in the maximum count
  of lidar points in one single file to avoid commercial usage.
  
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  This part of LAStools is "free" open-source (see COPYING.txt).

    * LASlib (with LASzip) - the API used by LAStools.
    * LASzip
    * las2las
    * las2txt & txt2las
    * lascopcindex
    * lasdiff
    * lasindex
    * lasinfo
    * lasmerge
    * lasprecision
    * lasvalidate
    * laszip

  These are also "free" to use but not (yet) available in open source.

    * demdiff
    * demzip  
    * e572las
    * lasliberate
    * lasoptimize
    * laspublish
    * lasview

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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
    * las2dem + las2dem_new
    * las2iso
    * las2shp
    * las2tin
    * las3dpoly
    * lasboundary
    * lascanopy
    * lasclassify
    * lasclip
    * lascolor
    * lascontrol
    * lascopy
    * lasdatum & lasvdatum
    * lasdistance
    * lasduplicate
    * lasgrid
    * lasground & lasground_new
    * lasheight
    * lasintensity
    * laslayers
    * lasnoise
    * lasoverage
    * lasoverlap
    * lasplanes
    * lasprobe
    * lasreturn
    * lassort
    * lassplit
    * lasthin
    * lastile
    * lastool
    * lasvoxel
    * 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.
  
  See https://rapidlasso.de/licensing for licensing details.
  
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  COPYRIGHT:
  
  (c) 2007-2026, rapidlasso GmbH, GERMANY - fast tools to catch reality

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