Frank Neumann writes ("Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'"):
...
> So I'd say: Both XForms and LyX go into non-free. Compiling/linking LyX
> statically doesn't change this point, IMHO.
LyX and the XForms binary do not need to go into non-free because
AFAIAA[1] their distribution is not restricted.
Ian.
[1] As Far As I Am Aware.