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+The mautrix-gmessages developers grant the following special exceptions:
+
+* to Beeper the right to embed the program in the Beeper clients and servers,
+  and use and distribute the collective work without applying the license to
+  the whole.
+* to Element the right to distribute compiled binaries of the program as a part
+  of the Element Server Suite and other server bundles without applying the
+  license.
+
+All exceptions are only valid under the condition that any modifications to
+the source code of mautrix-gmessages remain publicly available under the terms
+of the GNU AGPL version 3 or later.