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| SIFT feature detection implementation |
| Copyright (C) 2004, Sebastian Nowozin (nowozin@cs.tu-berlin.de) |
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| All rights reserved. |
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| There follows a formal license for this software, please read it carefully. |
| Probably the most important part for the user is its restriction to |
| non-commercial use only. The license used the BSD license as template. |
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| LICENSE |
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| Use of this software and redistribution in source and binary forms, with or |
| without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are |
| met: |
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| * Any redistribution must contain the complete source code, including all |
| modifications. Alternatively, the redistribution may contain a permanent |
| pointer to an Internet address where the full modified source code is |
| available for download free of charge. |
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| * The redistributed software contains the following text as prominent |
| notice in the source code and as displayed program output whenever the |
| program is run: |
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| "This software is provided for non-commercial use only. The University |
| of British Columbia has applied for a patent on the SIFT algorithm in |
| the United States. Commercial applications of this software may |
| require a license from the University of British Columbia." |
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| * Neither the name of the authors nor the names of its contributors |
| may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software |
| without specific prior written permission. |
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| * The redistributed software must retain the above copyright notice, |
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