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**IMPORTANT**: By submitting a patch, you agree to allow the project owners to
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license your work under the the terms of the [BSD License](LICENSE.txt).
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<a name="license"></a>
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## License
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PCL is 100% [BSD licensed](LICENSE.txt), and by submitting a patch, you agree to
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allow Open Perception, Inc. to license your work under the terms of the BSD
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License. The corpus of the license should be inserted as a C++ comment on top
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of each `.h` and `.cpp` file:
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```cpp
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/*
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* Software License Agreement (BSD License)
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*
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* Point Cloud Library (PCL) - www.pointclouds.org
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* Copyright (c) 2014-, Open Perception, Inc.
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*
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* All rights reserved.
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*
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* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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* are met:
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*
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* * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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* * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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* copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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* disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
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* with the distribution.
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* * Neither the name of the copyright holder(s) nor the names of its
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* contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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* from this software without specific prior written permission.
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*
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* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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* "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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* COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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* INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
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* BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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* LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
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* CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
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* ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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*
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*/
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```
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Please note that if the academic institution or company you are affiliated with
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does not allow to give up the rights, you may insert an additional copyright
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