---
key: guile-exception-2.0
short_name: GUILE exception to GPL 2.0
name: GUILE exception to GPL 2.0
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-guile-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, the Free Software Foundation gives permission for
    additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE.
    The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files to
    produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting
    executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. Your use of
    that executable is in no way restricted on account of linking the GUILE
    library code into it.
    This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
    executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
    This exception applies only to the code released by the Free Software
    Foundation under the name GUILE. If you copy code from other Free Software
    Foundation releases into a copy of GUILE, as the General Public License
    permits, the exception does not apply to the code that you add in this way.
    To avoid misleading anyone as to the status of such modified files, you
    must delete this exception notice from them.
    If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice whether
    to permit this exception to apply to your modifications. If you do not wish
    that, delete this exception notice.
---

The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files to produce
an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be
covered by the GNU General Public License. Your use of that executable is in no
way restricted on account of linking the GUILE library code into it.