---
key: javascript-exception-2.0
short_name: Javascript exception to GPL 2.0
name: Javascript exception to GPL 2.0
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-javascript-exception-2.0
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 to GPL, any HTML file which merely makes function
    calls to this code, and for that purpose includes it by reference shall be
    deemed a separate work for copyright law purposes. In addition, the
    copyright holders of this code give you permission to combine this code
    with free software libraries that are released under the GNU LGPL. You may
    copy and distribute such a system following the terms of the GNU GPL for
    this code and the LGPL for the libraries. If you modify this code, you may
    extend this exception to your version of the code, but you are not
    obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
    statement from your version.
---

As a special exception to GPL, any HTML file which merely makes function calls
to this code, and for that purpose includes it by reference shall be deemed a
separate work for copyright law purposes. In addition, the copyright holders of
this code give you permission to combine this code with free software libraries
that are released under the GNU LGPL. You may copy and distribute such a system
following the terms of the GNU GPL for this code and the LGPL for the libraries.
If you modify this code, you may extend this exception to your version of the
code, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
this exception statement from your version.