Re: lynx-dev Alert: this client does not contain support for HTTPS urls.

[David Woolley]

> 
> OK, how difficult would it be to create a commercial version of Lynx
> which could be sold for $1.  Also, Explorer, although technically

Probably very difficult.  It would mean tracing all the copyright
owners and getting them to release their code under new licence
terms, or replacing code with non-GPLed alternatives.

It's also likely that the RSA patent owner would not be happy
with this arrangement because of the difficulty in obtaining their
royalties, even if $1 per copy was acceptable (which would leave
no margin for handling costs).

I doubt that the US government would he happy unless there was a
clear commercial incentive to obey the rules.

> commercial, is free.  Couldn't the same be done for Lynx, e.g. a
> commercial copy created which everyone could downlaod from somewhere?