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SYNOPSIS
Release 6.7 and later of X Version 11 is brought to you by the X.Org
Foundation.
DESCRIPTION
The X.Org Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) char‐
ity corporation. It was formed in 2004 as the successor to the X.Org
Group at The Open Group. The purpose of the X.Org Foundation is to fos‐
ter the development, evolution, and maintenance of the X Window System,
a comprehensive set of vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral,
network-transparent windowing and user interface standards. Membership
in the X.Org Foundation is free and open to anyone. The X.Org Founda‐
tion hosts a public git repository of the source code on freedesk‐
top.org.
The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded consor‐
tium to provide the technical and administrative leadership necessary
to support further development of the X Window System. In 1992, MIT
and the membership decided it was in their best interests to move the
consortium out of MIT and create an independent, stand-alone organiza‐
tion. All rights to the X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Con‐
sortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994. On December 31, 1996 the X Consor‐
tium, Inc. closed its doors and all rights to the X Window System were
assigned to The Open Group (then known as the Open Software Founda‐
tion).
ADDRESSES
The X.Org Foundation's web site is http://www.x.org/
The X.Org Foundation's public ftp site is ftp://ftp.x.org/
Information about the X.Org Foundation git repository is on the X.Org
web site at http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/git
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