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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
+ Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+ making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+ conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+ combination.
+
+ As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give
+ you permission to link this library with independent modules to
+ produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these
+ independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting
+ executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet,
+ for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the
+ license of that module. An independent module is a module which is
+ not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this
+ library, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+ library, but you are not obliged to do so. If you do not wish to do
+ so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.