John Levon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:16:33PM -0700, Henry Pfister wrote: > >> Could you explain this to me? Right now, Lyx is compatible with >> the >> Qt toolkit for unix (which is under the GPL). What prevents a >> single Lyx developer from buying the single user windows Qt toolkit >> from Trolltech for $1500, and compiling and releasing (not selling) >> the > ^^^^^^^^^ > > That contravenes the GPL.
and LyX, whilst we appear to claim is is GPL software, isn't. There is a huge gaping hole in its licence specifically allowing it to be linked against non-free libraries. That licence was written by Matthias Ettrich himself. Whether you like it or not, its apparently the case as our one-time resident lawyer made very clear. Search the archives. -- Angus
