key: linking-exception-2.0-plus
short_name: Linking exception to GPL 2.0 or later
name: Linking exception to GPL 2.0 or later
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-linking-exception-2.0-plus
other_urls:
  - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
standard_notice: |
  This library is free software; you can 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.
  This library 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 this library; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  As a special exception, if you link this library with other files,
  some of which are compiled with GCC, to produce an executable,
  this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable to
  be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does
  not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file
  might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
text: |
  As a special exception, if you link this library with other files,
  some of which are compiled with GCC, to produce an executable,
  this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable to
  be covered by the GNU General Public License.  This exception does
  not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file
  might be covered by the GNU General Public License.