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Re: KDE gone, Lyx next ?



On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 01:08:28PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
> > imo, we should grant Lyx the same courtesy we did KDE.  send them a
> > request to change their license, and give them some time (say a few weeks
> > rather than the months that KDE got) to change.  if they ignore the
> > request or choose not to change their license then we have to yank the
> > software.
> 
> I wonder if you know that LyX is founded by the same person who has
> founded KDE some years later.  Not that this has to imply anyghing...

It's irrelevant.  Lyx is free code using a license that does not allow us to
link it with non-free code.  We can't distribute it if they won't modify
their license.  But like KDE, they deserve a chance to do something about
it.

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