# Licencing, special exception **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel\ **Created:** [August 4, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/licencing-special-exception/6118 "2016-08-04T13:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/licencing-special-exception/6118/1 "2016-08-04T13:03:18Z")
**[alexmei](https://sourceforge.net/u/alexmei/)** wrote on [Thursday, August 04, 2016](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/58b89691/#0fee): In the licence text is written: “As a special exception, the copyright holders of FreeRTOS give you permission to link FreeRTOS with independent modules to produce a statically linked executable,…” My question: Is this exception valid for **modified** FreeRTOS, too? Or in other words. Does this exception also cover: “As a special exception, the copyright holders of FreeRTOS give you permission to link FreeRTOS or **modified FreeRTOS** with independent modules to produce a statically linked executable,…” I know, I have to put the modified RTOS under GPL and have to publish it. Regards Alex ---
**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/licencing-special-exception/6118/2 "2016-08-04T13:09:42Z")
**[rtel](https://sourceforge.net/u/rtel/)** wrote on [Thursday, August 04, 2016](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/58b89691/#0fee/12ee): Assuming you publish the modifications separately (perhaps by uploading to the FreeRTOS Interactive site) then I would say the exception applies to binaries generated by the modified version too.