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key
trolltech-gpl-exception-1.0
short_name
Trolltech GPL Exception 1.0
name
Trolltech GPL Exception version v1.0
category
Copyleft
owner
Trolltech
homepage_url
http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/gplexception/
notes
Trolltech is now The Qt Company
is_exception
True
spdx_license_key
LicenseRef-scancode-trolltech-gpl-exception-1.0
license_text
Trolltech GPL Exception version 1.0
Additional rights granted beyond the GPL (the "Exception").

As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 2.0 of the GPL,
Trolltech hereby grants you the rights described below, provided you agree to
the terms and conditions in this Exception, including its obligations and
restrictions on use.

Nothing in this Exception gives you or anyone else the right to change the
licensing terms of the Qt Open Source Edition.

Below, "Licensed Software" shall refer to the software licensed under the GPL
and this exception.

1) The right to use Open Source Licenses not compatible with the GNU
General Public License: You may link software (hereafter referred to as "Your
Software") against the Licensed Software and/or distribute binaries of Your
Software linked against the Licensed Software, provided that:

A) Your Software is licensed under one of the following licenses:

License name                          Version(s)/Copyright Date
  Academic Free License                 2.0 or 2.1
  Apache Software License               1.0 or 1.1
  Apache License                        2.0
  Apple Public Source License           2.0
  Artistic license                      From Perl 5.8.0
  BSD license                           "July 22 1999"
  Common Public License                 1.0
  GNU Library or "Lesser"               2.0 or 2.1
    General Public License (LGPL)
  Jabber Open Source License            1.0
  MIT License                           (as attached)
  Mozilla Public License (MPL)          1.0 or 1.1
  Open Software License                 2.0
  OpenSSL license (with original        "2003" ("1998")
    SSLeay license)  
  PHP License                           3.0
  Python license (CNRI Python License)  (as attached)
  Python Software Foundation License    2.1.1
  Q Public License                      v1.0
  Sleepycat License                     "1999"
  W3C License                           "2001"
  X11 License                           X11R6.6
  Zlib/libpng License                   (as attached)
  Zope Public License                   2.0

  (Licenses without a specific version number or date are reproduced
in the file GPL_Exception1.0_Addendum.txt in your source package).

and

B) You must, on request, make a complete package including the complete source
code of Your Software (as defined in the GNU General Public License version
2, section 3, but excluding anything excluded by the special exception in the
same section) available to Trolltech under the same license as that granted
to other recipients of the source code of Your Software.

and

C) Your or any other contributor's rights to:

         i) distribute the source code of Your Software to anyone for
         any purpose;

         and

         ii) publicly discuss the development project for Your
         Software and its goals in any form and in any forum

are not prohibited by any legal instrument, including but not limited to
contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and employee contracts.

2) The right to link non-Open Source applications with pre-installed versions
of the Licensed Software: You may link applications with binary pre-installed
versions of the Licensed Software, provided that such applications have been
developed and are deployed in accordance in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Qt Commercial License
Agreement.