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libfprint
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libfprint is part of the fprint project:
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http://www.reactivated.net/fprint
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libfprint was originally developed as part of an academic project at the
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University of Manchester with the aim of hiding differences between different
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consumer fingerprint scanners and providing a single uniform API to application
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developers. The ultimate goal of the fprint project is to make fingerprint
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scanners widely and easily usable under common Linux environments.
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For more information on libfprint, supported devices, API documentation, etc.,
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see the homepage:
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http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/Libfprint
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libfprint is primarily licensed under the GNU LGPL. HOWEVER, THIS PRERELEASE
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VERSION INCLUDES GPL CODE FROM LIBTHINKFINGER, therefore distribution is
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subject to both the terms of the LGPL (see COPYING) *and* the GPL
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(see COPYING.GPL).
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At release time, I will contact libthinkfinger authors and see if they will
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be happy to relicense. I expect they will.
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libfprint includes code from NIST's NBIS software distribution:
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http://fingerprint.nist.gov/NBIS/index.html
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We include bozorth3 from the US export controlled distribution. We have
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determined that it is fine to ship bozorth3 in an open source project,
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see http://reactivated.net/fprint/US_export_control
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