X.Org Foundation
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| Type | Non-profit |
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| Founded | January 22, 2004 |
| Product(s) | X.Org Server |
| Method | Development |
| Website | http://www.x.org/ |
The X.Org Foundation is the organization holding the stewardship for the development of the X Window System. It was founded on 22 January 2004.[1]
The modern X.Org Foundation came into being when the body that oversaw X standards and published the official reference implementation joined forces with former XFree86 developers. The creation of the Foundation marked a radical change in the governance of X (see the history of the X Window System). Whereas the stewards of X since 1988 (including the previous X.Org, part of The Open Group) had been vendor organizations, the Foundation is led by software developers and using community development on the bazaar model, which relies on outside involvement. Membership is also open to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.
The Foundation is a US 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization.[2][3] As of April 2013, the Board of Directors consists of Alan Coopersmith, Alex Deucher, Martin Peres, Matt Dew, Matthias Hopf, Peter Hutterer (Secretary), Stuart Kreitman (Treasurer), and Keith Packard.[4] The X.Org Foundation organizes the annual X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) [5] and sponsors students to work on X.Org as part of their X.Org Endless Vacation of Code initiative.[6]
The X.Org Server is the reference implementation of X, and is commonly used on Linux and UNIX; it is the fundamental technology underlying both the modern GNOME and KDE desktops and older CDE desktop environment; applications written for any of these environments can be run simultaneously.
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References [edit]
- ^ "X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7". LWN.net. 2004-04-07. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ "X.Org Foundation achieves non-profit public charity status". LWN.net. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ "X.Org Foundation Confirms 501(c)(3) Status". Phoronix. 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ "The X.Org Foundation Board of Directors". 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ "The 2013 "State of X.Org" report". LWN.net. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ "The X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC)". 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
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