# License exception

> The permission to distribute a compiled community guide or an import string under terms of your choice.

Page: https://polestar.guide/docs/reference/license-exception (Polestar docs > Reference)

Polestar is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3
([LICENSE](https://github.com/fitzforge/polestar/blob/next/LICENSE)), with this additional permission:

> Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7: as a special
> exception, the copyright holders of Polestar give you permission to
> distribute guide packs produced by Polestar's compiler, and import strings
> produced by Polestar's tools, including the parts of Polestar's reference
> data that the compiler or those tools place in them, under terms of your
> choice. This permission does not cover guide text copied from Polestar's
> own guides, or Polestar's code.

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