On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:16:33PM -0700, Henry Pfister wrote:
> Could you explain this to me? Right now, Lyx is compatible with the
> Qt toolkit for unix (which is under the GPL). What prevents a single
> Lyx developer from buying the single user windows Qt toolkit from
> Trolltech for $1500, and compiling and releasing (not selling) the
^^^^^^^^^
That contravenes the GPL.
If we could track down every copyright holder of LyX and get their
assent for a new exception, that would be nice, but it's not feasible.
I don't think any of us current developers would object, but that's not
good enough.
regards
john
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