add FLOSS exception to License

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The WinFsp project is Copyright (C) Bill Zissimopoulos. It is licensed
under the terms of the GPLv3. The full text of this license follows
below. Commercial licensing options are also available: Please contact
under the terms of the GPLv3.
As a special exception to GPLv3, Bill Zissimopoulos grants additional
permissions to Free/Libre and Open Source Software ("FLOSS") without requiring
that such software is covered by the GPLv3.
1. Permission to link with a platform specific version of the WinFsp DLL
(currently winfsp-x64.dll or winfsp-x86.dll).
2. Permission to distribute unmodified binary releases of the WinFsp
installer (as released by the WinFsp project).
These permissions (and no other) are granted provided that the software:
1. Is distributed under a license that satisfies the Free Software
Definition Version 1.141 (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html)
or the Open Source Definition Version 1.9 (https://opensource.org/osd).
2. Includes the copyright notice "WinFsp - Windows File System Proxy,
Copyright (C) Bill Zissimopoulos" and a link to the WinFsp repository in
its user-interface and any user-facing documentation.
3. Is not linked or distributed with proprietary (non-FLOSS) software.
[You cannot mix FLOSS and proprietary software while using WinFsp under
this special exception.]
Commercial licensing options are also available: Please contact
Bill Zissimopoulos <billziss at navimatics.com>.
The full text of the GPLv3 license follows below.
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE