The main difference is that LyX is THEIR code.  The problem w/ KDE is not so
much its own code, rather it links other peoples GPL app w/QT and KDE to make
Kapp.  This is the brunt of the legal issue.  The authors of app where not asked
if it was ok to link w/QT, nor was the license modified to reflect this.

On 11-Oct-98 Gergely Madarasz wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Michael Meskes wrote:
> 
>> Would this be enough for LyX? I think so.
>>
>> 
>> [...]
>> I agree that by using XForms in development, and XForms *is* needed to
>> compile and run LyX, we have implicitly allowd all users to link Lyx
>> with XForms.
>> [...]
> 
> I don't think so. It is not enough for KDE, why should it be enough for
> LyX ?
> 
> Greg
> 
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