Gaussian-Splatting License 2024

Gaussian-Splatting License =========================== Inria and the Max Planck Institut for Informatik (MPII) hold all the ownership rights on the *Software* named gaussian-splatting. The *Software* is in the process of being registered with the Agence pour la Protection des Programmes (APP). The *Software* is still being developed by the *Licensor*. *Licensor*'s goal is to allow the research community to use, test and evaluate the *Software*.

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6. Files subject to permissive licenses

The contents of the file ```utils/loss_utils.py``` are based on publicly available code authored by Evan Su, which falls under the permissive MIT license. Title: pytorch-ssim\ Project code: https://github.com/Po-Hsun-Su/pytorch-ssim\ Copyright Evan Su, 2017\ License: https://github.com/Po-Hsun-Su/pytorch-ssim/blob/master/LICENSE.txt (MIT)