---
key: openssl-exception-lgpl
short_name: OpenSSL exception to LGPL
name: OpenSSL exception to LGPL
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: cryptsetup Project
homepage_url: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/blob/master/COPYING.LGPL#L505
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-openssl-exception-lgpl
---

In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
 permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
 OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
 individual source file, 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.