LAStools has evolved since CGAL forked it in https://github.com/CGAL/LAStools. I think we can now try to use it directly.

• LAStools now supports Cmake natively
• Among other new features, LAStools now support the COPC extension, which enables embedding an octree section in the las/laz (a VLR) for efficient pruning of the point range given a query 3D bbox.
• Version 240319 introduces a breaking change in the constructor of all LASreaders. They now expect a LASreadOpener* argument : LAStools/LAStools@c3012b6 See also this reported issue
• Missing functions in the dll. See this pull request