/jEdit/tags/jedit-4-3-pre5/doc/COPYING.PLUGINS.txt

 1Linking jEdit statically or dynamically with other modules is making a
 2combined work based on jEdit.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
 3General Public License cover the whole combination.
 4
 5As a special exception, the copyright holders of jEdit give you
 6permission to link jEdit with independent modules that communicate with
 7jEdit solely through the plugin interface, regardless of the license
 8terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the
 9resulting combined work under terms of your choice, provided that
10every copy of the combined work is accompanied by a complete copy of
11the source code of jEdit (the version of jEdit used to produce the
12combined work), being distributed under the terms of the GNU General
13Public License plus this exception.  An independent module is a module
14which is not derived from or based on jEdit.
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16Note that people who make modified versions of jEdit are not obligated
17to grant this special exception for their modified versions; it is
18their choice whether to do so.  The GNU General Public License gives
19permission to release a modified version without this exception; this
20exception also makes it possible to release a modified version which
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