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  "key": "cygwin-exception-2.0",
  "short_name": "Cygwin exception to GPL 2.0",
  "name": "Cygwin exception to GPL 2.0",
  "category": "Copyleft Limited",
  "owner": "Cygwin Project",
  "homepage_url": "http://cygwin.com/licensing.html",
  "is_exception": true,
  "spdx_license_key": "LicenseRef-scancode-cygwin-exception-2.0",
  "text_urls": [
    "http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE?cvsroot=src"
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  "standard_notice": "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it\nunder the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, as\npublished by the Free Software Foundation.\nThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\nbut WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\nMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the\nGNU General Public License for more details.\nYou should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\nalong with this program; if not, write to the Free Software\nFoundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.\n*** NOTE ***\nIn accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat permits programs whose\nsources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open\nSource definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a\nitself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL.\nThis means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application to cygwin,\nand distribute that executable as if it didn't include a copy of\nlibcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to the cygwin\nDLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified) version of the DLL\nyou must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e. you must provide sources\nfor the cygwin DLL.\nSee http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd/ for the precise Open Source\nDefinition referenced above.\nRed Hat sells a special Cygwin License for customers who are unable to\nprovide their application in open source code form. For more\ninformation, please see: http://www.redhat.com/software/cygwin/, or call\n+1-866-2REDHAT ext. 45300 (toll-free in the US).\nOutside the US call your regional Red Hat office, see\nhttp://www.redhat.com/about/contact/ww/\n",
  "text": "In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Red Hat permits programs whose\nsources are distributed under a license that complies with the Open\nSource definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without libcygwin.a\nitself causing the resulting program to be covered by the GNU GPL."
}