On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 05:19:59PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Ramon" == Ramon Diaz-Uriarte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> GNU software is software endorsed by the FSF as part of the GNU
> system. LyX is certainly not in this category.
> Anyway LyX is distributed under the GNU GPL. At least it is our intent
> :)
Since LyX is linked against a non-GPL library (i.e., xforms) it cannot truly be GPL
software, or at least that is my understanding. The GPL does not allow for GPL
software to be combined with software not also under this license. I think
the way this is gotten around is for the software to be released under a modified GPL
where the author(s) give special permission for the GPL software to be linked against
the non-GPL library -- basically it's the same situation that exists with KDE.
Regards,
Christian.
