---
key: linking-exception-lgpl-3.0
is_deprecated: yes
short_name: Linking exception to LGPL 3.0
name: Linking exception to LGPL 3.0
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Canonical Inc.
homepage_url: https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/blob/v2/LICENSE
notes: This is deprecated and replaced by lgpl-3.0-linking-exception
is_exception: yes
other_urls:
    - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
standard_notice: |
    This 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 3 of the License, 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 Lesser General Public License
    for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
    along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
    Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
    As a special exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
    ("LGPL3"), the copyright holders of this Library give you permission to
    convey to a third party a Combined Work that links statically or
    dynamically to this Library without providing any Minimal Corresponding
    Source or
    Minimal Application Code as set out in 4d or providing the installation
    information set out in section 4e, provided that you comply with the other
    provisions of LGPL3 and provided that you meet, for the Application the
    terms and conditions of the license(s) which apply to the Application.
    Except as stated in this special exception, the provisions of LGPL3 will
    continue to comply in full to this Library. If you modify this Library, you
    may apply this exception to your version of this Library, but you are not
    obliged to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
    statement from your version. This exception does not (and cannot) modify
    any license terms which apply to the Application, with which you must still
    comply.
---

As a special exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
("LGPL3"), the copyright holders of this Library give you permission to convey
to a third party a Combined Work that links statically or dynamically to this
Library without providing any Minimal Corresponding Source or Minimal
Application Code as set out in 4d or providing the installation information set
out in section 4e, provided that you comply with the other provisions of LGPL3
and provided that you meet, for the Application the terms and conditions of the
license(s) which apply to the Application.

Except as stated in this special exception, the provisions of LGPL3 will
continue to comply in full to this Library. If you modify this Library, you may
apply this exception to your version of this Library, but you are not obliged to
do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
version. This exception does not (and cannot) modify any license terms which
apply to the Application, with which you must still comply.