1XORGFOUNDATION(7)      Miscellaneous Information Manual      XORGFOUNDATION(7)
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NAME

6       XOrgFoundation - X.Org Foundation information
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SYNOPSIS

9       Release  6.7  and  later of X Version 11 is brought to you by the X.Org
10       Foundation.
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DESCRIPTION

13       The X.Org Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3)  char‐
14       ity  corporation.   It was formed in 2004 as the successor to the X.Org
15       Group at The Open Group. The purpose of the X.Org Foundation is to fos‐
16       ter the development, evolution, and maintenance of the X Window System,
17       a comprehensive set  of  vendor-neutral,  system-architecture  neutral,
18       network-transparent  windowing and user interface standards. Membership
19       in the X.Org Foundation is free and open to anyone. The  X.Org  Founda‐
20       tion  hosts  a  public  git  repository of the source code on freedesk‐
21       top.org.
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23       The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at  the  Massachusetts
24       Institute  of  Technology.  In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded consor‐
25       tium to provide the technical and administrative  leadership  necessary
26       to  support  further  development of the X Window System.  In 1992, MIT
27       and the membership decided it was in their best interests to  move  the
28       consortium  out of MIT and create an independent, stand-alone organiza‐
29       tion.  All rights to the X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Con‐
30       sortium,  Inc.  on  January 1, 1994. On December 31, 1996 the X Consor‐
31       tium, Inc. closed its doors and all rights to the X Window System  were
32       assigned  to  The  Open  Group (then known as the Open Software Founda‐
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ADDRESSES

36       The X.Org Foundation's web site is http://www.x.org/
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38       The X.Org Foundation's public ftp site is ftp://ftp.x.org/
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40       Information about the X.Org Foundation git repository is on  the  X.Org
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