NAME

       XOrgFoundation - X.Org Foundation information

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) 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, 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 Foundation hosts a public git
       repository of the source code on freedesktop.org.

       The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the Massachusetts Institute 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 membership 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 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