This is the file COPYING.FPC, it applies to the Free Pascal Run-Time Library 
(RTL) and packages (packages) distributed by members of the Free Pascal 
Development Team.

The source code of the Free Pascal Runtime Libraries and packages are 
distributed under the Library GNU General Public License 
(see the file COPYING) with the following modification:

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 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
statement from your version.