---
key: openssl-exception-lgpl-3.0-plus
short_name: OpenSSL exception to LGPL 3.0 or later
name: OpenSSL exception to LGPL 3.0 or later
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: psycopg
homepage_url: http://initd.org/psycopg/license/
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-openssl-exception-lgpl3.0plus
other_spdx_license_keys:
    - LicenseRef-scancode-openssl-exception-lgpl-3.0-plus
other_urls:
    - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
standard_notice: |
    This 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 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.

    In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission
    to link this program with the OpenSSL library (or with modified versions of
    OpenSSL that use the same license as OpenSSL), and distribute linked
    combinations including the two.
    You must obey the GNU Lesser General Public License in all respects for all
    of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
    exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
    but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
    this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
    statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
    along with this (see the doc directory.) If not, see
    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
---

In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission to
link this program with the OpenSSL library (or with modified versions of OpenSSL
that use the same license as OpenSSL), and distribute linked combinations
including the two.

You must obey the GNU Lesser General Public License in all respects for all of
the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this exception,
you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s), but you are not
obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement
from your version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
in the program, then also delete it here.