key: gpl-2.0-autoopts is_deprecated: yes short_name: GPL 2.0 or later with AutoOpts exception name: GPL 2.0 or later with AutoOpts exception category: Copyleft Limited owner: Bruce Korb homepage_url: http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/autoopts.html is_exception: yes text: | Automated Options is free software. You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Automated Options is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Automated Options. See the file "COPYING". If not, write to: The Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. As a special exception, Bruce Korb gives permission for additional uses of the text contained in his release of AutoOpts. The exception is that, if you link the AutoOpts library with other files to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of linking the AutoOpts library code into it. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception applies only to the code released by Bruce Korb under the name AutoOpts. If you copy code from other sources under the General Public License into a copy of AutoOpts, as the General Public License permits, the exception does not apply to the code that you add in this way. To avoid misleading anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete this exception notice from them. If you write modifications of your own for AutoOpts, it is your choice whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications. If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice.