Leuven, E. wrote: >> We should go back to what the default GPL blurb should be without >> exceptions. (IMHO) > > why not keep it there? > > the license says basically that it is okay to link with a closed > library (xforms that is). the license gives therefore a precedent > for linking to closed libraries and as such is not wholly against > linking to closed libraries such as qt-win32. (what's in a name; > personally i don't see the conceptual difference between linking to > closed xforms and closed qt-win32)
We had a lawyer, Richard Hawkins, who explained that this was indeed how the legal world would interpret this licence. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-devel&m=104635662605797&w=2 > even better would be 's/xforms/qt-win32/g' of course -- Angus
