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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
An extension to the GNU open source licenses that is meant to ensure people's right link to alien libraries in an environment such as [[Java]]. Commonly used with the [[GNU GPL v2 License]] and less commonly (primarily by the GNU organisation itself) with the [[GNU GPL v3 License]] | An extension to the GNU open source licenses that is meant to ensure people's right link to alien libraries in an environment such as [[Java]]. Commonly used with the [[GNU GPL v2 License]] and less commonly (primarily by the GNU organisation itself) with the [[GNU GPL v3 License]] | ||
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Note that the license text below is here for reference purposes and unlike other material on the EDM/2 Wiki is not under the [[Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0]] license and should be treated under its own terms, or if an addition by the combined terms of the addition and the license that it is an addition to. As it is a license with fixed terms the text below it should not be modified except for formatting purposes, if a more recent version is published a new page should be created for that license since software packages that do not get updated will continue to be governed by the terms of the older license. | |||
==Text of exception== | ==Text of exception== | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 20 November 2014
Description
An extension to the GNU open source licenses that is meant to ensure people's right link to alien libraries in an environment such as Java. Commonly used with the GNU GPL v2 License and less commonly (primarily by the GNU organisation itself) with the GNU GPL v3 License
Disclaimer
Note that the license text below is here for reference purposes and unlike other material on the EDM/2 Wiki is not under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license and should be treated under its own terms, or if an addition by the combined terms of the addition and the license that it is an addition to. As it is a license with fixed terms the text below it should not be modified except for formatting purposes, if a more recent version is published a new page should be created for that license since software packages that do not get updated will continue to be governed by the terms of the older license.
Text of exception
Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination.
As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.