On 29-Jan-99 Michael Meskes wrote: > I just learned that the LyX copyright file was corrected to explicitely > state that linking against a non-free library is okay. This however wasn't > really needed as 'The law is quite clear that the release of the software by > the original authors and copyright holders changed the licenses.' > > AFAIK the new file was written by a lawyer.
That allows it to live in contrib -- woopie. Until they have a non forms based GUI, it matters little.