I use LyX as my main word processor, and it's found in Contrib. Unfortunately, it's GPL and linked against the non-free XForms library. (KLyX is a derivative form linked against QT that we don't ship due to KDE problems.) It seems to me that we would have the same problems including it as we currently do including KDE. I include the preamble to the license from the web page, if it changes anything.
What license applies to LyX? LyX is free software, so you can freely copy and use it. But to protect the authors, who have put a substantial amount of free time in developing this product, you must follow some guidelines, in this case it's the "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE" version 2 or any later version. As we understand the license of LyX, redistribution and use of LyX in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted without any additional conditions. Even more, we would explicitly like to encourage people to distribute LyX in both source and binary forms. This permission certainly includes linking against GUI toolkits like XForms, Motif, GTK+, Qt or Win32. A copy of the GNU General Public License version 2 follows. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Repent, Harlequin", said the Ticktock man.
