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-This is the official repository for the sources and the binaries of MeshLab. 
+This is the official repository for the source and the binaries of MeshLab. 
 
-MeshLab is an open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured large 3D triangular meshes. The source is released under the GPL license. The system is aimed to help the processing of the typical not-so-small unstructured models arising in 3D scanning, providing a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and converting this kind of meshes. These tools include MeshLab proper, a versatile program with a graphical user interface, and [meshlabserver](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/blob/master/src/meshlabserver/meshlabserver.txt), a program that can perform mesh processing tasks in batch mode, without a GUI. 
+MeshLab is an open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured large 3D triangular meshes. It is aimed to help the processing of the typical not-so-small unstructured models arising in 3D scanning, providing a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and converting this kind of meshes. These tools include MeshLab proper, a versatile program with a graphical user interface, and [meshlabserver](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/blob/master/src/meshlabserver/meshlabserver.txt), a program that can perform mesh processing tasks in batch mode, without a GUI. 
 
-MeshLab is mostly based on the open source C++ mesh processing library [VCGlib](http://www.vcglib.net) developed at the [Visual Computing Lab](http://vcg.isti.cnr.it) of [ISTI - CNR](http://www.isti.cnr.it) for all the core mesh processing tasks, and it is available for Windows, MacOSX, and Linux. 
+MeshLab is mostly based on the open source C++ mesh processing library [VCGlib](http://www.vcglib.net) developed at the [Visual Computing Lab](http://vcg.isti.cnr.it) of [ISTI - CNR](http://www.isti.cnr.it). VCG can be used as a stand-alone large-scale automated mesh processing pipeline, while MeshLab makes it easy to experiment with its algorithms interactively.
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+MeshLab is available for Windows, MacOSX, and Linux. The source is released under the [GPL License](LICENSE.txt).
 
 Compiling instructions can be found in the [src](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/tree/master/src) folder or simply looking at the continous integration setup on [Github Actions](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/actions), [travis](https://travis-ci.org/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/builds) and [appveyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/cignoni/meshlab/history).
  
+# Copyright
+
+```
+   MeshLab
+   http://www.meshlab.net
+   All rights reserved.
+
+   VCGLib  http://www.vcglib.net                                         o o
+   Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o
+                                                                  _   O  _
+   Paolo Cignoni                                                    \/)\/
+   Visual Computing Lab  http://vcg.isti.cnr.it                    /\/|
+   ISTI - Italian National Research Council                           |
+   Copyright(C) 2005-2018                                             \
+```
+
+# References
+
+Please, when using this tool, cite the following reference:
+
+Meshlab: an open-source mesh processing tool. P. Cignoni, M. Callieri, M. Corsini, M. Dellepiane, F. Ganovelli, G. Ranzuglia
+Proceedings of the 2008 Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference, ISBN: 978-3-905673-68-5, pp. 129-136, DOI: 10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalChap/ItalianChapConf2008/129-136
+
+BibTeX format:
+
+```
+@inproceedings {LocalChapterEvents:ItalChap:ItalianChapConf2008:129-136,
+booktitle = {Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference},
+editor = {Vittorio Scarano and Rosario De Chiara and Ugo Erra},
+title = {{MeshLab: an Open-Source Mesh Processing Tool}},
+author = {Cignoni, Paolo and Callieri, Marco and Corsini, Massimiliano and Dellepiane, Matteo and Ganovelli, Fabio and Ranzuglia, Guido},
+year = {2008},
+publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
+ISBN = {978-3-905673-68-5},
+DOI = {10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalChap/ItalianChapConf2008/129-136}
+}
+```
+
+# Contacts
+
+ - Paolo Cignoni (p.cignoni (at) isti.cnr.it)
+ - Guido Ranzuglia (g.ranzuglia (at) isti.cnr.it)
+
+# Feedback
+
+For documented and repeatable bugs, feature requests, etc., please use the [GitHub issues](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/issues).
+
+For general questions use [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/meshlab).
+
+