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6 XOrgFoundation - X.Org Foundation information
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9 Release 7.0 of X Version 11 is brought to you by the X.Org Foundation,
10 LLC.
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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 CVS repository of the source code on Freedesk‐
21 top.Org.
22 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‐
33 tion.)
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36 The X.Org Foundation's web site is http://www.x.org/
37 The X.Org Foundation's public ftp site is ftp://ftp.x.org/
39 Information about the X.Org Foundation CVS repository is on the
41 Freedesktop.Org web site at http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg
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