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added URL to the exception paragraph in the GPL FAQ

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@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ can lead to for end users.
I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice! I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice!
One common dilemma is that GPL[*]-licensed code is not allowed to be linked One common dilemma is that GPL[1]-licensed code is not allowed to be linked
with code licensed under the Original BSD license (with the announcement with code licensed under the Original BSD license (with the announcement
clause, unless there's a specified exception in the GPL-licensed module). You clause, unless there's a specified exception in the GPL-licensed module). You
may still build your own copies that use them all, but distributing them as may still build your own copies that use them all, but distributing them as
binaries would be to violate the GPL license. This particular problem was binaries would be to violate the GPL license - unless you accompany your
addressed when the Modified BSD license was created, which does not have the license with an exception[2]. This particular problem was addressed when the
annoncement clause that collides with GPL. Modified BSD license was created, which does not have the annoncement clause
that collides with GPL.
libcurl http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html libcurl http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html
@ -80,4 +81,6 @@ OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html
linked with libcurl in an app. linked with libcurl in an app.
[*] = GPL - GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html [1] = GPL - GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
[2] = http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs details on
how to write such an exception to the GPL