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XORGFOUNDATION(7)	Miscellaneous Information Manual       XORGFOUNDATION(7)

NAME
     XOrgFoundation - X.Org Foundation information

SYNOPSIS
     Release  6.7 and later of X Version 11 is brought to you by the X.Org Foun-
     dation.

DESCRIPTION
     The X.Org Foundation is a member project of Software in the Public Interest
     (SPI), an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3)  charity  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 foster  the  development,  evolu-
     tion,  and  maintenance of the X Window System, a comprehensive set of ven-
     dor-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 Foundation hosts public git repositories of the
     source code on freedesktop.org.

     The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the  Massachusetts  In-
     stitute  of  Technology.  In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded consortium to
     provide the technical and administrative leadership  necessary  to  support
     further  development  of the X Window System.  In 1992, MIT and the member-
     ship decided it was in their best interests to move the consortium  out  of
     MIT and create an independent, stand-alone organization.  All rights to the
     X	Window	System	were assigned by MIT to X Consortium, Inc. on January 1,
     1994. On December 31, 1996 the X Consortium, Inc. closed its doors and  all
     rights  to  the X Window System were assigned to The Open Group (then known
     as the Open Software Foundation).

ADDRESSES
     The X.Org Foundation's web site is https://www.x.org/

ADDRESSES
     SPI's web site is https://spi-inc.org/

     The X.Org Foundation's public ftp site is ftp://ftp.x.org/

     The X.Org Foundation's  public  source  repositories  are	at  https://git-
     lab.freedesktop.org/xorg

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