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  1. SIFT feature detection implementation
  2. Copyright (C) 2004, Sebastian Nowozin (nowozin@cs.tu-berlin.de)
  3. All rights reserved.
  4. There follows a formal license for this software, please read it carefully.
  5. Probably the most important part for the user is its restriction to
  6. non-commercial use only. The license used the BSD license as template.
  7. LICENSE
  8. Use of this software and redistribution in source and binary forms, with or
  9. without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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  11. * Any redistribution must contain the complete source code, including all
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  15. * The redistributed software contains the following text as prominent
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  17. program is run:
  18. "This software is provided for non-commercial use only. The University
  19. of British Columbia has applied for a patent on the SIFT algorithm in
  20. the United States. Commercial applications of this software may
  21. require a license from the University of British Columbia."
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