Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-03-02 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-02-27, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Nils Friedrich wrote: >LyX, like all Open Source Software, is free as in beer. More than that: it is also "free as in speech": http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FreeAsInSpeech (even a Windows-Beta-trial version is "free as in beer"). http

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-28 Thread John Kane
--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Steve Litt wrote: > From: Steve Litt > Subject: Re: Is Lyx free for all? > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Received: Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:07 PM > On Friday 27 February 2009 11:21:22 am Nils Friedrich wrote: > > Is Lyx without costs, eve

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 27 February 2009 11:21:22 am Nils Friedrich wrote: > Is Lyx without costs, even if companies use it? Man, I hope so, because my company's been using LyX to write books for 8 years now. Seriously, yes it's free to companies. It's licensed with the GPL license, so if you download it, yo

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Nils Friedrich wrote: Is Lyx without costs, even if companies use it? Yes, absolutely. You mean, even on Windows??? Such a polished, powerful, performant application... Unbelievable! :-) Abdel.

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Richard Heck
Nils Friedrich wrote: Is Lyx without costs, even if companies use it? LyX is licensed under the GPL and can be used in accord with those terms. So yes, you can use it as you wish, without charge, though if you or your company finds it useful, we'd absolutely appreciate a donation. Donation

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Nils Friedrich wrote: Is Lyx without costs, even if companies use it? Yup. You may even modify the code to adapt it to company-specific requirements if you wish to do so. Here's a link to the GNU Public License (GPL): . LyX, like

Re: Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Nils Friedrich wrote: > Is Lyx without costs, even if companies use it? Yes, absolutely. Paul

Is Lyx free for all?

2009-02-27 Thread Nils Friedrich
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