Re: The LyX licence
On Friday 10 June 2005 10:46, you wrote: I forgot to ask you to drop an email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) Janus Sandsgaard -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: The LyX licence
Janus Sandsgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence | version 2 or later. | Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) You have to contribute it first :-) -- Lgb
Re: The LyX licence
On Friday 10 June 2005 10:54, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: You have to contribute it first :-) I'd be happy to contribute with a manual for it! :-) -j -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: The LyX licence
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: On Friday 10 June 2005 10:46, you wrote: I forgot to ask you to drop an email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Thank you. Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) Sure. Just roll your sleeves up and contribute a little more :-P Janus Sandsgaard Angus
Re: The LyX licence
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] I forgot to ask you to drop an email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Here you are: I hereby license my contribution to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. I checked about the status of the French translation of the GPL: currently under progress, so the text should be in english for French users. -- Jean-Pierre
Re: The LyX licence
Jean-Pierre Chrétien wrote: I forgot to ask you to drop an email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Here you are: I hereby license my contribution to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Thanks, Jean-Pierre. -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
On Friday 10 June 2005 10:46, you wrote: > I forgot to ask you to drop an > email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to > licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public > Licence version 2 or later. I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) Janus Sandsgaard -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: The LyX licence
Janus Sandsgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence | version 2 or later. > | Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) You have to contribute it first :-) -- Lgb
Re: The LyX licence
On Friday 10 June 2005 10:54, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > You have to contribute it first :-) I'd be happy to contribute with a manual for it! :-) -j -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: The LyX licence
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: On Friday 10 June 2005 10:46, you wrote: I forgot to ask you to drop an email to the lyx-devel list stating >>explicitly that you agree to licence you contribution under the terms >>of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. I hereby licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Thank you. Can I have a spellcheck-as-you-go feature for LyX now? ;-) Sure. Just roll your sleeves up and contribute a little more :-P Janus Sandsgaard Angus
Re: The LyX licence
>>From: Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>I forgot to ask you to drop an >>email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to >>licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public >>Licence version 2 or later. Here you are: I hereby license my contribution to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. I checked about the status of the French translation of the GPL: currently under progress, so the text should be in english for French users. -- Jean-Pierre
Re: The LyX licence
Jean-Pierre Chrétien wrote: >>>I forgot to ask you to drop an >>>email to the lyx-devel list stating explicitly that you agree to >>>licence you contribution under the terms of the Gnu General Public >>>Licence version 2 or later. > > Here you are: > > I hereby license my contribution to LyX under the Gnu General Public > Licence version 2 or later. Thanks, Jean-Pierre. -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
Hereby I agree to license my LyX contributions under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Uwe Sthr
Re: The LyX licence
I hereby agree to license my contribution to the LyX's inataller, in the form of spanish translation, under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Nicols
Re: The LyX licence
Hereby I agree to license my LyX contributions under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Uwe Stöhr
Re: The LyX licence
I hereby agree to license my contribution to the LyX's inataller, in the form of spanish translation, under the terms of the Gnu General Public Licence version 2 or later. Nicolás
Re: The LyX licence
Yes, I grant permission to license my contribution under the GPL. Angus Leeming schrieb: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
Yes, I grant permission to license my contribution under the GPL. Angus Leeming schrieb: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
Dear LyX developers, from the text of Angus's message I'd say you were sending these messages before. I moved last July and my old address @cs.wm.edu is not that useful any more. Fortunately, Angus has found my other address. I do grant permission to LyX to use any of my (small) contributions under BSD or GPL license. Whichever you decide suits you better. Best regards, Zvezdan Petkovic
Re: The LyX licence
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 01:23, Angus Leeming wrote: | In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to | add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : | | The following people hereby grant permission to licence their | contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 | or later. | | so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have | contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be | licenced under the GPL. yes, of course, please add my name to the list! Kind regards, Thomas Pundt -- --- Thomas Pundt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pundt.de/
Re: The LyX licence
I grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Edmar Wienskoski PS: Keep up the good work !! Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Once upon a time you were a keen contributer to the LyX project, so allow me to explain a little: LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
Dear LyX developers, from the text of Angus's message I'd say you were sending these messages before. I moved last July and my old address @cs.wm.edu is not that useful any more. Fortunately, Angus has found my other address. I do grant permission to LyX to use any of my (small) contributions under BSD or GPL license. Whichever you decide suits you better. Best regards, Zvezdan Petkovic
Re: The LyX licence
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 01:23, Angus Leeming wrote: | In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to | add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : | | "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their | contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 | or later." | | so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have | contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be | licenced under the GPL. yes, of course, please add my name to the list! Kind regards, Thomas Pundt -- --- Thomas Pundt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pundt.de/
Re: The LyX licence
I grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Edmar Wienskoski PS: Keep up the good work !! Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Once upon a time you were a keen contributer to the LyX project, so allow me to explain a little: LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
RE: The LyX licence
Dear all, I do not have any problems with changes of the license while it is kept free for usage and changes for everybody. So it's ok to add myself to the mentioned file. Best regards, Bernhard. Dr. Bernhard Iselborn Developer BSG Manufacturing Industries Development Area Product SAP AG Neurottstr. 16 69190 Walldorf Germany T +49/6227/7-61578 F +49/6227/78-29076 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sap.de -Original Message- From: Angus Leeming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dienstag, 5. April 2005 00:35 To: Iselborn, Bernhard Subject: The LyX licence Dear Bernhard, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Once upon a time you contributed various bits, so allow me to explain a little: LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 00:55, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear Robert, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Once upon a time you were a keen contributer to the project, so allow me to explain a little: LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Hi Angus. Of course you can add my name to the blanket-permission.txt document. I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Good luck with the further LyX development. Robert van der Kamp
Re: The LyX licence
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 22:02 +, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear aGraham, In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Yes, you have my permission to add my name to the blanket-permission list. -- Regards Graham
RE: The LyX licence
Dear all, I do not have any problems with changes of the license while it is kept free for usage and changes for everybody. So it's ok to add myself to the mentioned file. Best regards, Bernhard. Dr. Bernhard Iselborn Developer BSG Manufacturing Industries Development Area Product SAP AG Neurottstr. 16 69190 Walldorf Germany T +49/6227/7-61578 F +49/6227/78-29076 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sap.de > -Original Message- > From: Angus Leeming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Dienstag, 5. April 2005 00:35 > To: Iselborn, Bernhard > Subject: The LyX licence > > Dear Bernhard, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do > something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Once upon a > time you contributed various bits, so allow me to explain a little: > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your > permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. >
Re: The LyX licence
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 00:55, Angus Leeming wrote: > Dear Robert, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do > something about the messy state of the LyX licence and > need your help. Once upon a time you were a keen > contributer to the project, so allow me to explain a > little: > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole > blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against > the closed source XForms library. See > http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has > it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to > link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole > point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is > no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available > under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even > certain whether the current license is valid at all, as > the necessary permissions may not have been obtained > before the change was made to the original GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your > permission to add your names to > http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence > their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public > Licence, version 2 or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people > who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for > this code to be licenced under the GPL. Hi Angus. Of course you can add my name to the blanket-permission.txt document. I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Good luck with the further LyX development. Robert van der Kamp
Re: The LyX licence
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 22:02 +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Dear aGraham, > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." Yes, you have my permission to add my name to the blanket-permission list. -- Regards Graham
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Mar 30, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Yes, you may add my name to the blanket-permission for LyX code. Good luck with the permissions cleanup and the rest of the LyX project. -- Ronald
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Angus Leeming a crit : Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. Hi, I'm not sure if this will be (legally) enough, but I agree with the change, and thus by this mail grant permission to license my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. Regards to all. Pascal Andr.
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Mar 30, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Yes, you may add my name to the blanket-permission for LyX code. Good luck with the permissions cleanup and the rest of the LyX project. -- Ronald
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Angus Leeming a Ãcrit : Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. Hi, I'm not sure if this will be (legally) enough, but I agree with the change, and thus by this mail grant permission to license my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. Regards to all. Pascal AndrÃ.
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hello, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. I can't remember what I contributed to LyX, but I grant this permission for whatever I contributed to LyX. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | We build the crazy compilers | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Compiler Manufacturer|
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hello, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." I can't remember what I contributed to LyX, but I grant this permission for whatever I contributed to LyX. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | We build the crazy compilers | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Compiler Manufacturer|
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:57:30AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. You have my permission to remove my name entirely. It was a very small contribution anyway and the list is getting huge. Hans -- Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hi Angus, I would be more than happy for my contribution to be licensed under the GPL. Regards, Bernard On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:57 +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. -- Bernard Hurley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Permission granted :-) El mié, 30-03-2005 a las 10:57 +0100, Angus Leeming escribió: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. -- Edscott Wilson Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:57:30AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. The Written Word, Inc. hereby grants permission to license our contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hans Bausewein wrote: You have my permission to remove my name entirely. It was a very small contribution anyway and the list is getting huge. Hi, Hans. Just to be sure I understand you: * you contributed code to add the Case sensitive and match whole word checkbuttons in the XForms search dialog? * you'd like me to remove your name from the CREDITS file? http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lyx-devel/lib/CREDITS?rev=1.61content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Equivalent URL: http://tinyurl.com/4mwtx I see that this functionality was present when LyX 0.12 was released so your contribution pre-dates my involvement with LyX! Regards, Angus
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. There still be a few lines of code that I wrote once upon a time that are in use. If so, I'm happy for those to be distributed under GPL. Carl -- Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch, P.Eng. Voice: +1-604-822-1854 Associate Professor Fax: +1-604-822-2403 Department of Mechanical Engineering email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of British Columbia http://www.mech.ubc.ca/~cfog Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 http://tetra.mech.ubc.ca/ANSLab/
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:57:30AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > Dear all, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. You have my permission to remove my name entirely. It was a very small contribution anyway and the list is getting huge. Hans -- Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hi Angus, I would be more than happy for my contribution to be licensed under the GPL. Regards, Bernard On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:57 +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > Dear all, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. > -- Bernard Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Permission granted :-) El mié, 30-03-2005 a las 10:57 +0100, Angus Leeming escribió: > Dear all, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. > -- Edscott Wilson Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:57:30AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." The Written Word, Inc. hereby grants permission to license our contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Hans Bausewein wrote: > You have my permission to remove my name entirely. > It was a very small contribution anyway and the list is > getting huge. Hi, Hans. Just to be sure I understand you: * you contributed code to add the "Case sensitive" and "match whole word" checkbuttons in the XForms search dialog? * you'd like me to remove your name from the CREDITS file? http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lyx-devel/lib/CREDITS?rev=1.61=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Equivalent URL: http://tinyurl.com/4mwtx I see that this functionality was present when LyX 0.12 was released so your contribution pre-dates my involvement with LyX! Regards, Angus
Re: The LyX licence --- a gentle nudge
Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt : "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. There still be a few lines of code that I wrote once upon a time that are in use. If so, I'm happy for those to be distributed under GPL. Carl -- Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch, P.Eng. Voice: +1-604-822-1854 Associate Professor Fax: +1-604-822-2403 Department of Mechanical Engineering email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of British Columbia http://www.mech.ubc.ca/~cfog Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 http://tetra.mech.ubc.ca/ANSLab/
Re: The LyX licence
Am Samstag, 19. März 2005 18:21 schrieb Angus Leeming: Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet hat? _Weißt_ du, warum _dein_ _geschätzter_ Ehemann (or better: Gatte) noch nicht geantwortet hat? Jürgen
Re: The LyX licence
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Am Samstag, 19. März 2005 18:21 schrieb Angus Leeming: Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet hat? _Weißt_ du, warum _dein_ _geschätzter_ Ehemann (or better: Gatte) noch nicht geantwortet hat? Ach. Vielen Dank. -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
Am Samstag, 19. März 2005 18:21 schrieb Angus Leeming: > Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet > hat? _Weißt_ du, warum _dein_ _geschätzter_ Ehemann (or better: Gatte) noch nicht geantwortet hat? Jürgen
Re: The LyX licence
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Am Samstag, 19. März 2005 18:21 schrieb Angus Leeming: >> Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet >> hat? > > _Weißt_ du, warum _dein_ _geschätzter_ Ehemann (or better: Gatte) noch > nicht geantwortet hat? Ach. Vielen Dank. -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
On Saturday 19 March 2005 06:58, Kornelia Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. You may do so if you wish. Konni Vielen Dank, Konni. Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet hat?
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: On Saturday 19 March 2005 06:58, Kornelia Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. You may do so if you wish. Konni Vielen Dank, Konni. Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet hat? Ahhh. I see he has after all. Must read all mail before posting replies... -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
On Saturday 19 March 2005 06:58, Kornelia Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your > > permission to add your names to > > http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, > > version 2 or later." > > You may do so if you wish. > > Konni Vielen Dank, Konni. Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet hat?
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2005 06:58, Kornelia Poenitz wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: >> > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your >> > permission to add your names to >> > http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: >> > >> > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their >> > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, >> > version 2 or later." >> >> You may do so if you wish. >> >> Konni > > Vielen Dank, Konni. Wißt du, warum Ihr guter Ehemann nicht geantwortet > hat? Ahhh. I see he has after all. Must read all mail before posting replies... -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. You may do so if you wish. Konni
Re: The LyX licence
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:55:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add > your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions > to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." You may do so if you wish. Konni
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
---BeginMessage--- You certainly have my permission. Thanks, Alkis On Feb 22, 2005, at 6:55 AM, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. in case you're wondering where I got your email address from: it's listed in the LyX hall of fame: http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lyx-devel/lib/CREDITS? rev=1.53content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Equivalent URL: http://tinyurl.com/5nqhs ---End Message---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
--- Begin Message --- You certainly have my permission. Thanks, Alkis On Feb 22, 2005, at 6:55 AM, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. in case you're wondering where I got your email address from: it's listed in the LyX hall of fame: http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lyx-devel/lib/CREDITS? rev=1.53=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Equivalent URL: http://tinyurl.com/5nqhs --- End Message ---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
For some reason this doesn't seem to have made it to lyx-devel even though it appears that Maarten posted there too. Angus ---BeginMessage--- Yes, you can have my permission to do so! (off course!) Keep up the great work! Kind regards, Maarten Afman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. I'm afraid I've had to trawl the web to get your address (the one we have is out of date). If I've got the wrong guy then sorry! A. ---End Message---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
---BeginMessage--- Hi Angus, you have my permission. Ruurd --- Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Ruurd. It appears that I forgot you from the original mail shot (you're not listed in CREDITS which is something we should fix ASAP.) Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ---End Message---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
We've got the founder on board ;-) Matthias makes a pertinent point about whether we need to jump through these licence-changing hoops at all, but nonetheless gives us permission to add his name to blanket-permission.txt. Angus ---BeginMessage--- On Monday 28 February 2005 14:05, you wrote: On Monday 28 February 2005 12:52, you wrote: On Saturday 26 February 2005 02:18, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear Matthias, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. Frankly, I don't even see the problem. We are talking about an exception to the GPL here, done in addition to the GPL. Of course removing that exception is and was permitted at all times. Otherwise LyX' license hadn't even been GPL compatible. Matthias Thanks for responding. I'll admit that we didn't ask the lawyer whether we could remove the exception at any time. I'll do that. However, given that neither of us *are* lawyers, can I still ask whether I have your permission to add your name to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: Sure. We've got to the point where we have only one or two significant contributers left to reply. I think we'd all feel happier at this end if we didn't have to rely on someone's 'interpretation' (lawyer or not) of whether or not we could change the licence. Regards, Angus Matthias ---End Message---
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. My contribution record to LyX is not very impressive (and I believe it was always under the GPL). I hereby grant all necessary permissions, for the maerial that concerns me, to make LyX fully available under the GPL, version 2 or later. -- Stefano | Department of Psychology, University of Bologna Ghirlanda | Interdisciplinary cultural research, Stockholm University http://www.intercult.su.se/~stefano
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: [...] In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Of course; although I dunno whether any of my bugs are still present in LyX :-) yves
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
For some reason this doesn't seem to have made it to lyx-devel even though it appears that Maarten posted there too. Angus --- Begin Message --- Yes, you can have my permission to do so! (off course!) Keep up the great work! Kind regards, Maarten Afman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. I'm afraid I've had to trawl the web to get your address (the one we have is out of date). If I've got the wrong guy then sorry! A. --- End Message ---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
--- Begin Message --- Hi Angus, you have my permission. Ruurd --- Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Ruurd. It appears that I forgot you from the original mail shot > (you're not listed in CREDITS which is something we should fix ASAP.) > > Dear all, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --- End Message ---
Fwd: Re: The LyX licence
We've got the founder on board ;-) Matthias makes a pertinent point about whether we need to jump through these licence-changing hoops at all, but nonetheless gives us permission to add his name to blanket-permission.txt. Angus --- Begin Message --- On Monday 28 February 2005 14:05, you wrote: > On Monday 28 February 2005 12:52, you wrote: > > On Saturday 26 February 2005 02:18, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > Dear Matthias, > > > > > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something > > > about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > > > Frankly, I don't even see the problem. We are talking about an > > exception to the GPL here, done in addition to the GPL. Of course > > removing that exception is and was permitted at all times. > > Otherwise LyX' license hadn't even been GPL compatible. > > > > Matthias > > Thanks for responding. I'll admit that we didn't ask the lawyer > whether we could remove the exception at any time. I'll do that. > > However, given that neither of us *are* lawyers, can I still ask > whether I have your permission to add your name to > http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: Sure. > > We've got to the point where we have only one or two significant > contributers left to reply. I think we'd all feel happier at this end > if we didn't have to rely on someone's 'interpretation' (lawyer or > not) of whether or not we could change the licence. > > Regards, > Angus Matthias --- End Message ---
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear all, > > please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about > the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. > > LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it > wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source > XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal > opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms > library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against > the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the > GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and > indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. > > To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether > the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may > not have been obtained before the change was made to the original > GPL. > > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > > so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have > contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be > licenced under the GPL. > > Kind regards, > Angus > > ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent > record of your response. My contribution record to LyX is not very impressive (and I believe it was always under the GPL). I hereby grant all necessary permissions, for the maerial that concerns me, to make LyX fully available under the GPL, version 2 or later. -- Stefano | Department of Psychology, University of Bologna Ghirlanda | Interdisciplinary cultural research, Stockholm University http://www.intercult.su.se/~stefano
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: [...] > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to > add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 > or later." > Of course; although I dunno whether any of my bugs are still present in LyX :-) yves
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming pravi: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. I thought this was obvious, but yes, I do. -- Regards, Roman
Re: The LyX licence
Dear all Sorry for my late. I am very glad to license my contributions to Lyx under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Best Regards Huang Ying
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming pravi: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." I thought this was obvious, but yes, I do. -- Regards, Roman
Re: The LyX licence
Dear all Sorry for my late. I am very glad to license my contributions to Lyx under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Best Regards Huang Ying
Re: The LyX licence
Dear Angus, Of course you have my permission to add my name to the specified LyX webpage. Afterall, Gnu GPL is the de facto standard licence to the OpenSource world, and LyX itself should be licenced under the GPL. Best regards, Panayotis PAP Papasotiriou Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL.
The LyX licence
Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. I'm afraid I've had to trawl the web to get your address (the one we have is out of date). If I've got the wrong guy then sorry! A.
Re: The LyX licence
Hello Angus, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. I am not sure if my permission is needed at all, since as far as I recall, my contribution was not source-code but just some configuration stuff for a specific LaTeX-package. Anyway, if you still need my permission, consider it granted with this mail. (Cc: to lyx-devel) Cheers Bernd -- I'm a doctor, I am supposed to tell people where it hurts (so I can fix it and make money). -- Mark S.
Re: The LyX licence
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I grant permission to license my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Baruch Even Angus Leeming wrote: | Dear all, | | please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about | the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. | | LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it | wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source | XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal | opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms | library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against | the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the | GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and | indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. | | To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether | the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may | not have been obtained before the change was made to the original | GPL. | | In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to | add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: | | The following people hereby grant permission to licence their | contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 | or later. | | so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have | contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be | licenced under the GPL. | | Kind regards, | Angus | | ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent | record of your response. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCH3UXHCar6qtHRZgRAnorAJ9CVk3f02jIhRLbnlYZg2gWh3It6ACgzWPB iQCbEAMAxMJMDkud9m9YFG0= =wLZG -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: The LyX licence
Dear Angus, Of course you have my permission to add my name to the specified LyX webpage. Afterall, Gnu GPL is the de facto standard licence to the OpenSource world, and LyX itself should be licenced under the GPL. Best regards, Panayotis "PAP" Papasotiriou Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL.
The LyX licence
Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. pps. I'm afraid I've had to trawl the web to get your address (the one we have is out of date). If I've got the wrong guy then sorry! A.
Re: The LyX licence
Hello Angus, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." I am not sure if my permission is needed at all, since as far as I recall, my contribution was not source-code but just some configuration stuff for a specific LaTeX-package. Anyway, if you still need my permission, consider it granted with this mail. (Cc: to lyx-devel) Cheers Bernd -- "I'm a doctor, I am supposed to tell people where it hurts (so I can fix it and make money)." -- Mark S.
Re: The LyX licence
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I grant permission to license my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Baruch Even Angus Leeming wrote: | Dear all, | | please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about | the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. | | LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it | wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source | XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal | opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms | library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against | the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the | GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and | indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. | | To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether | the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may | not have been obtained before the change was made to the original | GPL. | | In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to | add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: | | "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their | contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 | or later." | | so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have | contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be | licenced under the GPL. | | Kind regards, | Angus | | ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent | record of your response. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCH3UXHCar6qtHRZgRAnorAJ9CVk3f02jIhRLbnlYZg2gWh3It6ACgzWPB iQCbEAMAxMJMDkud9m9YFG0= =wLZG -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: The LyX licence
Angus, You have my permission to change the license of my contribution to the GNU GPL version 2 or later. Please note the change of email address (please check the headers - I'm not quoting it here for the spam-bots to find.). Ben Stanley. On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:55, Angus Leeming wrote: In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later.
The LyX licence
Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
Angus et al., I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later. -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. I do. Alfredo
The LyX licence
Hi, Ruurd. It appears that I forgot you from the original mail shot (you're not listed in CREDITS which is something we should fix ASAP.) Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
The LyX Licence --- Thank you
Guys, I've rather lost track of who I've thanked for responding to my request. Rest assured however, that your response is carefully logged in http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt. So far we've had 55 responses to my mailshot, leaving 48 who are listed in the LyX CREDITS hall of fame but who are yet to respond to my letter. Of those, only a few might be considered as significant contributors able to affect our ability to resolve this licencing mess. So, keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck! Many thanks to you all, Angus
Re: The LyX licence
Angus, You have my permission to change the license of my contribution to the GNU GPL version 2 or later. Please note the change of email address (please check the headers - I'm not quoting it here for the spam-bots to find.). Ben Stanley. On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:55, Angus Leeming wrote: > In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add > your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: > > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions > to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later."
The LyX licence
Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
Re: The LyX licence
Angus et al., I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later. -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence
Angus Leeming wrote: > "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their > contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or > later." I do. Alfredo
The LyX licence
Hi, Ruurd. It appears that I forgot you from the original mail shot (you're not listed in CREDITS which is something we should fix ASAP.) Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: "The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later." so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response.
The LyX Licence --- Thank you
Guys, I've rather lost track of who I've thanked for responding to my request. Rest assured however, that your response is carefully logged in http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt. So far we've had 55 responses to my mailshot, leaving 48 who are listed in the LyX CREDITS hall of fame but who are yet to respond to my letter. Of those, only a few might be considered as "significant" contributors able to affect our ability to resolve this licencing mess. So, keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck! Many thanks to you all, Angus
Re: The LyX licence
Dear Angus all, allthough I only contributed to documentation and layout files I do (of course) agree to the suggested change. Cheers, Pit Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. -- Dr. Peter Pit Suetterlin http://www.astro.uu.nl/~suetter Sterrenkundig Instituut Utrecht Tel.: +31 (0)30 253 5225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The LyX licence
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:55:35 + Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, please excuse the personal email, but I'm trying to do something about the messy state of the LyX licence and need your help. LyX is currently licenced under the GPL with a huge hole blowing it wide apart so that it could be linked against the closed source XForms library. See http://www.lyx.org/about/license.php3. Legal opinion has it that this exception does not apply only to the XForms library. Instead, anything and everything is allowed to link against the LyX source code, defeating the whole point and purpose of the GPL. Moreover, the exception is no longer needed as XForms (and indeed Qt) are available under the GPL. To make a messy situation even messier, it's not even certain whether the current license is valid at all, as the necessary permissions may not have been obtained before the change was made to the original GPL. In light of all this, I'm asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later. so that we can have a permanent record of those people who have contributed code to LyX and who are happy for this code to be licenced under the GPL. Kind regards, Angus ps, if you reply to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, we'll have a permanent record of your response. That's fine with me: I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later. Eulogio Serradilla
Re: The LyX licence
Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 08:52:31PM -0500, John Weiss wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 12:06:02PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: Dear all, : : In light of all this, I asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: No. I have lately grown to detest FSF-Fundamentalism, and now refuse to GPL or LGPL anything of mine. But even beforehand, I preferred to release all of my code and documentation under the Artistic License. Any contributions I made to LyX (early reLyX, documentation) should therefore be considered as originally under the Artistic License. Make of that what you will. Hmmm... Okay... I'm not an FSFanatic, and I respect your choice to go with the Artistic license. From a practical point of view, I don't think it changes much. The Artistic License is more permissive than the GPL or LGPL, so anything that can be done with a product under GPL is permitted under the Artistic license. My conclusion is that the two licenses can co-exist (a few files under the Artistic license and the rest under the GPL). Anyone have another opinion they want to share on this? I think that you're correct. The purpose of this request for permission to change the licence was twofold: 1. To make it clear legally what licence code contributed to LyX was licenced under. 2. To make the licence more restrictive than the published GPL + XForms exception. So I'll add a section to blanket-permissions.txt The following people hereby grant permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Artistic Licence http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php John Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] See lyx-devel list message entitled The LyX licence of 23 February 2005. -- Angus
Re: The LyX licence
In light of all this, I asking whether I can have your permission to add your names to http://www.lyx.org/blanket-permission.txt: yes you can -- Viele Grüße, Hartmut Hungerhilfe: http://www.thehungersite.com Das heutige Motto: The hardest thing is to disguise your feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.
Re: The LyX licence
Amir == Amir Karger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Amir I still check lyx.org every few months for nostalgia's sake. Amir Best of luck with the devel efforts, and I'm still waiting for Amir the day that someone tells me I ought to use this brand spanking Amir new WYSIWYM document processor... Hello Amir, nice to hear from you again! Amir -Amir Karger ps Don't know if I ever mentioned to most of you Amir that I got my first job out of grad school because they Amir basically asked just one question at the interview: can you do Amir OO Perl? And I, having learned OO Perl to write reLyX, answered Amir yes! Currently, one of the hot topics is getting rid of reLyX, since we have no perl hacker anymore :) JMarc
Re: The LyX licence
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 08:52:31PM -0500, John Weiss wrote: GPL or LGPL anything of mine. But even beforehand, I preferred to release all of my code and documentation under the Artistic License. Which one, the original artistic license, or the clarified one? Thankfully, the latter is compatible with the GPL, so the situation will not change and we can happily GPL all of LyX. The former is too vague to be useful. regards john
