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+This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
+
+This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. 
+It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. 
+If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
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+# README
+
+This repository encloses the data reduction pipeline for the Italian [PRISMA](http://www.prisma.inaf.it/) fireball network. 
+PRISMA is the First Italian Network for the systematic Surveillance of Meteors and the Atmosphere (in Italian, **Prisma Rete Italiana per la Sorveglianza Sistematica di Meteore ed Atmosfera**). 
+PRISMA is a partner of the [FRIPON](https://www.fripon.org/) international collaboration.
+More information about the FRIPON network is available [here](https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038649).
+
+This pipeline handles all the data reduction procedures within the PRISMA network, which are mainly subdivided into the analysis of calibration data (long exposure image to determine the astrometric and photometric reduction of each camera) and meteor videos.
+
+More details about the pipeline, its installation and main functionalities are available on the [Wiki](https://www.ict.inaf.it/gitlab/dario.barghini/prisma-pipeline/-/wikis/Home).
+
+# License
+
+This work is licensed under [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
+
+This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. 
+It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. 
+If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.