---
key: font-exception-gpl
short_name: Font exception to GPL
name: Font exception to GPL
category: Copyleft Limited
owner: Free Software Foundation (FSF)
homepage_url: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: Font-exception-2.0
text_urls:
    - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
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.
    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, if you create a document which uses
    this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this
    font into the document, this font does not by itself cause
    the resulting document to be covered by the GNU General Public
    License. This exception does not however invalidate any other
    reasons why the document might be covered by the GNU General
    Public License. If you modify this font, you may extend this
    exception to your version of the font, but you are not
    obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
    exception statement from your version.
---

As a special exception, if you create a document which uses
this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this
font into the document, this font does not by itself cause
the resulting document to be covered by the GNU General Public
License. This exception does not however invalidate any other
reasons why the document might be covered by the GNU General
Public License. If you modify this font, you may extend this
exception to your version of the font, but you are not
obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
exception statement from your version.