Re: lynx-dev Hmm

[dickey]

> 
> I'm just upgrading my home machine from SuSE6.0 to SuSE6.1 
> and the bumpf for Lynx says 
>  
> Version: 2.8-50 
> ... 
> We must mention that this program does not fall under the GPL 
> license and that the Copyright-owner maintains the right to 
> require the program to become licensed if used for commercial use. 

Who's the listed "Copyright-owner"?
  
> Isn't Lynx GPL'd now?  I thought it had been for at least a year, 
> if not two?  Does someone want to put me or SuSE straight? 

It's been marked GPL'd since before I got involved at the beginning of 1997.
Perhaps it was done then - the timestamp on COPYING is Feb 24, 1997.
In any case, that's before 2.8, which was over a year later.
  
> --  
> rob partington % address@hidden % http://lynx.browser.org/ 


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