There's a problem here in version 1.0.0. Two main problems in fact:
1. The COPYING file is now *extremely* confusing. "Patching" the GNU
license means that LyX is now distributed under an unfamiliar license, and
one of dubious value.
2. The "Copyright and Warranty" box in the program just says that LyX is
distributed under the GPL. This directly contradicts the main COPYING
file.
Since I understand that a bug in the Insert->URL command is likely to mean
an update sooner rather than later, perhaps you could take the opportunity
to sort out the COPYING problem too. Personally, I'd much rather that LyX
was simply released under the GPL, but if you're determined to change the
license, then you should:
1. Edit the GPL to your satisfaction.
2. Rename it (after all, changing the GPL is not allowed; however, it
doesn't say you can't change it provided you call it something else).
Now you just have one consistent COPYING file, hopefully.
Finally,
3. Check that the extracts from the file in the Copyright and Warranty box
match the COPYING file, and in particular, say "distributed under the
license in the file COPYING that came with the program" rather than "under
the GPL".
>From the various nastinesses in the above, you can see why I'd rather you
just used the GPL, warts and all. Having read the GPL carefully, I don't
see that the fact that xforms is not open source is any problem.
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