---
key: wxwindows-exception-3.1
short_name: WxWindows Library Exception to GNU Licenses
name: WxWindows Library Exception to GNU Licenses
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: wxWidgets
homepage_url: http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/newlicen.htm
notes: formerly was SPDX id wxWindows
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: WxWindows-exception-3.1
osi_url: https://opensource.org/licenses/WXwindows
other_urls:
    - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
    - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/WXwindows
standard_notice: |
    The wxWindows Library Licence
    Copyright (c) 1998 Julian Smart, Robert Roebling [, ...]
    Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
    licence document, but changing it is not allowed.
    WXWINDOWS LIBRARY LICENCE
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU Library General Public Licence as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, 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 Library General Public
    Licence for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public Licence
    along with this software, usually in a file named COPYING.LIB. If not,
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
    EXCEPTION NOTICE
    1. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give
    permission for additional uses of the text contained in this release of the
    library as licenced under the wxWindows Library Licence, applying either
    version 3.1 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version of the
    Licence as published by the copyright holders of version 3.1 of the Licence
    document.
    2. The exception is that you may use, copy, link, modify and distribute
    under your own terms, binary object code versions of works based on
    the Library.
    3. If you copy code from files distributed under the terms of the GNU
    General Public Licence or the GNU Library General Public Licence into a
    copy of this library, as this licence 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
    such code and/or adjust the licensing conditions notice accordingly.
    4. If you write modifications of your own for this library, it is your
    choice whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications. If
    you do not wish that, you must delete the exception notice from such code
    and/or adjust the licensing conditions notice accordingly.
---

EXCEPTION NOTICE

1. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give
permission for additional uses of the text contained in this release of
the library as licenced under the wxWindows Library Licence, applying
either version 3.1 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version of
the Licence as published by the copyright holders of version
3.1 of the Licence document.

2. The exception is that you may use, copy, link, modify and distribute
under your own terms, binary object code versions of works based
on the Library.

3. If you copy code from files distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public Licence or the GNU Library General Public Licence into a
copy of this library, as this licence 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 such code and/or adjust the licensing conditions notice
accordingly.

4. If you write modifications of your own for this library, it is your
choice whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
If you do not wish that, you must delete the exception notice from such
code and/or adjust the licensing conditions notice accordingly.