Re: Intent to package xmemos
On 28 Mar 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
> "Darren O. Benham" <gecko@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 10:02:30AM +0300, KELEMEN Peter wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I came accross xmemos by Gilbert Therrien <gilbert@ican.net> a couple of
> > > months ago and I found it useful for everyday work. "The licence is
> > > gnu", though it requires XForms (and IMHO it designates to go into
> > > contrib once packaged, but feel free to correct me).
> > >
> > > The LSM entry and README is attached.
> > >
> > > Fuji^
> > Legally, you can not distribute GPL software that's been linked to xforms.
> > To include it in Debian, it has to be compiled against fltk. If it won't
> > compile, it has to go the way of KDE.
>
>
> Then why is LyX in Debian, and why has it been fore years? What is
> the reasoning behind your argument?
The reasoning is the same as for KDE.
The reason that LyX is in Debian is that it is not just under the GPL - it
is 'GPL with explicit permission to link to, and distribute binaries
linked to, xforms'.
Jules
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