---
key: linking-exception-2.1-plus
short_name: Linking exception to LGPL 2.1 or later
name: Linking exception to LGPL 2.1 or later
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-linking-exception-2.1-plus
other_urls:
    - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
standard_notice: |
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    The GNU C 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
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    As a special exception, if you link the code in this file with
    files compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable,
    that does not cause the resulting executable to be covered by
    the GNU Lesser General Public License. This exception does not
    however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file
    might be covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License.
    This exception applies to code released by its copyright holders
    in files containing the exception.
---

As a special exception, if you link the code in this file with
files compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable,
that does not cause the resulting executable to be covered by
the GNU Lesser General Public License.  This exception does not
however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file
might be covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License.
This exception applies to code released by its copyright holders
in files containing the exception.