initial import from Columbia repository

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LICENSE.txt

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+GraspIt!
+Copyright (C) 2002-2009, Columbia University in the City of New York.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details. A copy of the GNU General 
+Public License is included with this distribution in the file GPL.txt
+
+Several other software packages and source files have been included in 
+this distribution and are subject to their own license specifications.  
+Please see qhull/*, src/maxdet_src.cpp and tinyxml/* for information on 
+those packages.

README.txt

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+                                 GraspIt!
+                              Version 2.1.0 
+
+Introduction
+------------
+Please see the User Manual in doc/ for an introduction to GraspIt!, a list of
+features, installation instructions, getting started examples, etc.
+
+Disclaimer
+----------
+This is code that has been, and is currently being used, for research. There 
+are still many unfinished pieces and plenty of ways to crash the system.  It's
+by no means bullet proof. Please see the Introduction in the User Manual for 
+more details.
+
+Distribution Contents
+---------------------
+
+graspit.pro
+graspit-core.pro
+graspit-lib-LINUX.pro
+graspit-lib-WINDOWS.pro
+	      -  These are the main project files for GraspIt! that you can 
+		 use to create your project that you can compile. Please see
+		 the User Manual for installation instructions.
+
+doc/          -  Documentation.  Contains both the User Manual and code 
+		 Reference Manual. The User Manual contains installation 
+		 instructions, pointers for getting started, examples, and 
+		 trouble shooting and contact information.
+
+images/       -  A place to put images saved from GraspIt!
+
+include/      -  Header files for the main GraspIt! source code
+
+LICENSE.txt   -  A copy of the license you accepted when you downloaded this.
+
+models/       -  The geometry and configuration files for all the robots and
+		objects.
+
+qhull/	  - A popular package for computing n-dimensional convex hulls.
+		This is used both for the contact system and to create grasp
+	      wrench spaces.
+
+README.txt    -  This file.
+
+src/          -  The source code for GraspIt!.
+
+src/DBase     - source code for the interface between GraspIt and the Columbia 
+		Grasp Database
+
+tinyxml/	  - a library for processing XML documents. See the header files 
+		therein for license and author information for this package.
+
+ui/	        -  The dialog windows and interfaces for GraspIt!.
+
+worlds/       -  A place to save GraspIt! worlds.  Also includes a few
+		examples.
+
+Troubleshooting
+---------------
+Please check the user manual for troubleshooting and contact information!