Number of constraints for a 2D (image plane of camera) projection of a line in 3D

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Suppose there are 'n' lines in 3D. Since each line has 4 Degrees of Freedom (DOF), total DOF as I understand should be $4n$.

As per Camera Calibration Using Line Correspondences, Section 2.5: Degree of Freedom

up to projectivity n lines have $4n - 15$ DOF provided $n \ge 5.^2 $.

I don't quite understand this, can anyone please explain this to me.

Thanks in advance