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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Implementation of the X Window System</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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data-file-width="416" data-file-height="210" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">The XFree86 Project, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">1991<span class="noprint">; 33 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1991</span>)</span> (as X386)</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Final release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">4.8.0 / December 15, 2008<span class="noprint">; 15 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-12-15</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="url">[cvs://anoncvs@anoncvs.xfree86.org:/cvs cvs://anoncvs@anoncvs.xfree86.org:/cvs]</span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742255#P1324" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">Cross-platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Display_server" class="mw-redirect" title="Display server">Display server</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#2004:_Licensing_controversy">XFree86 License</a> 1.1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xfree86.org/">www<wbr />.xfree86<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>XFree86</b> is an implementation of the <a href="/wiki/X_Window_System" title="X Window System">X Window System</a>. It was originally written for <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a> on <a href="/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM PC compatible">IBM PC compatibles</a> and was available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free</a> and <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open source</a> software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It was developed by the XFree86 Project, Inc. The lead developer was <a href="/wiki/David_Dawes" title="David Dawes">David Dawes</a>. The last released version was 4.8.0, released December 2008. The last XFree86 <a href="/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System" title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</a> commit was made on May 18, 2009;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the project was confirmed dormant in December 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-tsi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tsi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, the project was the source of most innovation in X and was the <i>de facto</i> steward of X development. Until early 2004, it was almost universal on <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution" title="Berkeley Software Distribution">BSDs</a>. </p><p>In February 2004, with version 4.4.0, The XFree86 Project began distributing new code with a copyright license that the <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> considered <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> <a href="/wiki/License_compatibility" title="License compatibility">incompatible</a>. Most open source operating systems using XFree86 found this unacceptable and moved to a fork from before the license change.<sup id="cite_ref-wheeler_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wheeler-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first fork was the abortive Xouvert, but <a href="/wiki/X.Org_Server" title="X.Org Server">X.Org Server</a> soon became dominant. Most XFree86 developers also moved to X.Org. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While XFree86 was widely used by most <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> computer <a href="/wiki/Operating_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Operating systems">operating systems</a> before its license change with version 4.4.0, it has since then been superseded by X.org and is used rarely nowadays.<sup id="cite_ref-bsdcan08_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsdcan08-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last remaining operating system distribution to use it was <a href="/wiki/NetBSD" title="NetBSD">NetBSD</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bsdcan08_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsdcan08-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which shipped some platforms with 4.5.0 by default until removing it as obsolete in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-n/cvsweb_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n/cvsweb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-m/2015/07/23_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m/2015/07/23-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/NetBSD#5.0" title="NetBSD">NetBSD § 5.0</a> and later releases use X.org by default on various ports (including i386 and amd64), and X.org is available through NetBSD <a href="/wiki/Pkgsrc" title="Pkgsrc">pkgsrc</a> for architectures for which XFree86 remains the default because of better support.<sup id="cite_ref-Announcing_NetBSD_5.0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Announcing_NetBSD_5.0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 19 April 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <code>netbsd-7</code> branch and <a href="/wiki/NetBSD#7.2" title="NetBSD">NetBSD § 7.2</a> release were the last to potentially contain XFree86,<sup id="cite_ref-n/cvsweb_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n/cvsweb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and XFree86 was completely removed before <code>netbsd-8</code> branch and <a href="/wiki/NetBSD#8.0" title="NetBSD">NetBSD § 8.0</a> release in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-n70_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n70-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-n/cvsweb_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n/cvsweb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-m/2015/07/23_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m/2015/07/23-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg/300px-Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg/450px-Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg/600px-Schema_of_the_layers_of_the_graphical_user_interface.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>XFree86 is a <a href="/wiki/Display_server" class="mw-redirect" title="Display server">display server</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The XFree86 server communicates with the host <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)" title="Kernel (operating system)">kernel</a> to drive input and output devices, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Graphics_card" title="Graphics card">graphics cards</a>. These are generally managed directly by XFree86, so it includes its own drivers for all graphic cards a user might have. Some cards are supported by vendors themselves via binary-only drivers. </p><p>Since version 4.0, XFree86 has supported certain accelerated 3D graphics cards via the <a href="/wiki/GLX" title="GLX">GLX</a> and <a href="/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Infrastructure" title="Direct Rendering Infrastructure">DRI</a> extensions. Version 4.0 also moved to a new driver model, from one X server binary per driver to a unique X server capable of loading several drivers at a time. </p><p>Because the server usually needs low level access to graphics hardware, on many configurations it needs to run as the <a href="/wiki/Superuser" title="Superuser">superuser</a>, or a user with <a href="/wiki/User_identifier" title="User identifier">UID</a> 0. However, on some systems and configurations it is possible to run the server as a normal user. </p><p>It is also possible to use XFree86 in a <a href="/wiki/Linux_framebuffer" title="Linux framebuffer">framebuffer device</a>, which in turn uses a kernel graphics card driver. </p><p>On a typical <a href="/wiki/POSIX" title="POSIX">POSIX</a>-system, the directory /etc/X11 includes the configuration files. The basic configuration file is /etc/X11/XF86Config (or XF86Config-4) that includes variables about the <a href="/wiki/Computer_display" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer display">screen</a> (monitor), <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">keyboard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Graphics_card" title="Graphics card">graphics card</a>. The program <i>xf86config</i> is often used, although <i>xf86cfg</i> also comes with the XFree86 server and is friendlier. Many Linux distributions used to include a configuration tool that was easier to use (such as <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Debconf_(software_package)" class="mw-redirect" title="Debconf (software package)">debconf</a>) or autodetected most (if not all) settings (such as <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux" title="Red Hat Linux">Red Hat Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fedora (operating system)">Fedora</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Anaconda_installer" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaconda installer">Anaconda</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SUSE_S.A." title="SUSE S.A.">SuSE</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/YaST" title="YaST">YaST</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Mandrake_Linux" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandrake Linux">Mandrake Linux</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_and_naming">Early history and naming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early history and naming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The project began in 1992 when David Wexelblat, Glenn Lai, <a href="/wiki/David_Dawes" title="David Dawes">David Dawes</a> and Jim Tsillas joined forces addressing bugs in the source code of the <a href="/wiki/X386" title="X386">X386</a> X display server (written by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Roell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Roell (page does not exist)">Thomas Roell</a>), as contributed to X11R5. This version was initially called <b>X386 1.2E</b>. As newer versions of the (originally freeware) X386 were being sold under a <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary software</a> license by SGCS (of which Roell was a partner), confusion existed between the projects. After discussion, the project was renamed X<i>Free</i>86, as a <a href="/wiki/Pun" title="Pun">pun</a> (compare X-three-eighty-six to X-free-eighty-six). Roell has continued to sell proprietary X servers, most recently under the name <i><a href="/wiki/Accelerated-X" title="Accelerated-X">Accelerated-X</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_with_Linux">Rise with Linux</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rise with Linux"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Linux grew in popularity, XFree86 rose with it, as the main X project with drivers for PC video cards. </p><p>By the late 1990s, official X development was moribund.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most technical advancement was happening in the XFree86 project. In 1999, XFree86 was sponsored onto X.Org (the official industry consortium) by various hardware companies interested in its use with Linux and its status as the most popular version of X.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002:_Growing_dissent_within_the_project">2002: Growing dissent within the project</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2002: Growing dissent within the project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2002, while Linux's popularity, and hence the installed base of X, surged, X.Org was all but inactive; active development was largely carried out by XFree86.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there was considerable dissent within XFree86. </p><p>XFree86 used to have a <i>Core Team</i> which was made up of experienced developers, selected by other Core Team members for their merits. Only the members of this Core Team were allowed to commit to <a href="/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System" title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</a>. This was perceived as far too <a href="/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar" title="The Cathedral and the Bazaar">cathedral</a>-like in its development model: developers were unable to get commit rights quickly and vendors ended up maintaining extensive <a href="/wiki/Patch_(computing)" title="Patch (computing)">patches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A key event was <a href="/wiki/Keith_Packard" title="Keith Packard">Keith Packard</a> losing his commit rights. Hours before the feature freeze window for XFree86 4.3.0 started, he committed the <a href="/wiki/XFixes" title="XFixes">XFIXES</a> extension (which he developed himself), without prior discussion or without review within the Core Team. The Core Team decided to remove Keith's commit access, but without removing him from the Core Team itself, and the XFIXES extension was backed out six weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003:_The_fork_and_the_disbanding_of_the_Core_Team">2003: The fork and the disbanding of the Core Team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2003: The fork and the disbanding of the Core Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2003, the Core Team claimed that Packard had been trying to fork the XFree86 project by working inside the project while trying to attract core developers to a new X Server project of his own making. Packard denied this had been his aim, but some emails were provided as evidence otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Keith Packard was subsequently expelled from the Core Team.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A short time later, Packard created xwin.org, which mainly served as a meeting point for cultivating the XFree86 fork.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the year, many of the developers that were still active at XFree86 went over to the project that was being set up at the <a href="/wiki/Freedesktop.org" title="Freedesktop.org">freedesktop.org</a> and <a href="/wiki/X.org_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="X.org Foundation">X.org</a> domains.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the year, due to dwindling active membership and limited remaining development capacity, the XFree86 Core Team voted to disband itself.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004:_Licensing_controversy">2004: Licensing controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2004: Licensing controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Versions of XFree86 up to and including some release candidates for 4.4.0 were under the <a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT License</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Permissive_free_software_license" class="mw-redirect" title="Permissive free software license">permissive</a>, non-<a href="/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft">copyleft</a> free software license. In February 2004, XFree86 4.4 was released with a change to the XFree86 license, by adding a credit clause,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> similar to that in the original <a href="/wiki/BSD_license" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD license">BSD license</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but broader in scope. The newer terms are referred to as the XFree86 License 1.1. Many projects relying on XFree86 found the new license unacceptable,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> considers it incompatible with the version 2 of the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>, though compatible with version 3.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The XFree86 Project states that the license is "as GPL compatible as any and all previous versions were", but does not mention which version or versions of the GPL this is valid for.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some projects made releases (notably <a href="/wiki/OpenBSD" title="OpenBSD">OpenBSD</a> 3.5 and 3.6, and <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> 3.1 "Sarge") based on XFree86 version 4.4 RC2, the last version under the old license. Most operating systems incorporating XFree86 (including later versions of OpenBSD and Debian) migrated to the <a href="/wiki/X.Org_Server" title="X.Org Server">X.Org Server</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wheeler_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wheeler-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last code commit was in 2009; the project was confirmed dormant in 2011<sup id="cite_ref-tsi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tsi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the website was last updated in 2014, commemorating the then-22nd anniversary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forks_of_XFree86">Forks of XFree86</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Forks of XFree86"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xwin">Xwin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Xwin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after he was expelled from the XFree86 Core Team, Keith Packard started setting up xwin.org.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this was claimed to be the fork of XFree86,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Keith Packard later refined this to "a forum for community participation in X".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> XWin saw a lot of activity in the first two months after the announcements, but most of the activity was happening behind the scenes, and Keith moved his own development to freedesktop.org.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xouvert">Xouvert</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Xouvert"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xouvert was later also hailed as the first XFree86 fork in August 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even though releases were announced for October 2003 and April 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> no releases were made. The last status change was made in March 2004 and it was communicated that there were delays in setting up a revision control system.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="X.Org">X.Org</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: X.Org"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/X.Org_Server" title="X.Org Server">X.Org Server</a></div> <p>The <b>X.Org Server</b> became the official <a href="/wiki/Reference_implementation_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reference implementation (computing)">reference implementation</a> of X11. The first version, X11R6.7.0, was <a href="/wiki/Fork_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fork (software)">forked</a> from XFree86 version 4.4 RC2 to avoid the XFree86 license changes, with X11R6.6 changes merged in. Version X11R6.8 added many new extensions, drivers and fixes. It is hosted by and works closely with corporate-sponsored <a href="/wiki/Freedesktop.org" title="Freedesktop.org">freedesktop.org</a>. </p><p>Most of the open-source Unix-like operating systems have adopted the X.Org Server in place of XFree86, and most of the XFree86 developers have moved to X.Org. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_history">Release history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XFree86&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Release history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/X_Window_System#Release_history" title="X Window System">X Window System § Release history</a>, and <a href="/wiki/X.Org_Server#Releases" title="X.Org Server">X.Org Server § Releases</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Version </th> <th>Release date </th> <th>Most important changes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-02-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 11, 1991</span> </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/X386" title="X386">X386</a> version by Thomas Roell, based on <a href="/wiki/X11R4" class="mw-redirect" title="X11R4">X11R4</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-08-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 29, 1991</span> </td> <td>Included with X11R5. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.2E 0.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.2E 0.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-05-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 7, 1992</span> </td> <td>First pre-XFree86 code by eventual team members. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.2E 1.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.2E 1.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-07-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 18, 1992</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.2E 1.0.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.2E 1.0.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 23, 1992</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="X386 1.2E 1.0.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> X386 1.2E 1.0.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 1992</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 1.0m"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 1.0m </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-09-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 2, 1992</span> </td> <td>First version named "XFree86". </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 1.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 1.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1, 1992</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 1.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 1.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-02-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 8, 1993</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 1.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 1.3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-06-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 5, 1993</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 2.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 2.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-10-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 24, 1993</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 2.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 2.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-03-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 11, 1994</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 2.1.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 2.1.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-05-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 4, 1994</span> </td> <td>Last version based on X11R5. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-08-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 26, 1994</span> </td> <td>Release for X11R6. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1994</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.1.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.1.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 1995</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-10-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 26, 1996</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.2.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.2.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1996</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-05-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 30, 1997</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/XFree86_Acceleration_Architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="XFree86 Acceleration Architecture">XFree86 Acceleration Architecture</a> (XAA) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 1997</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-05-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 24, 1998</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-12-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 30, 1998</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.3.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.3.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-12-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 31, 1998</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.4"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-06-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 21, 1999</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.5"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-08-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 17, 1999</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 3.3.6"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 3.3.6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-12-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 31, 1999</span> </td> <td>Last 3.x version. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-03-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 7, 2000</span><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Complete new architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> X11R6.4 included. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.0.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.0.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-06-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 30, 2000</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/XRender" class="mw-redirect" title="XRender">XRender</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.0.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.0.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 2000</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.0.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.0.3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-03-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 16, 2001</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.0.4"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.0.4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-04-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 2001</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.1.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.1.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-06-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 2, 2001</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.2.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.2.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-01-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 18, 2002</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.2.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.2.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-09-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 3, 2002</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.3.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.3.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-02-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 26, 2003</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.4 RC2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.4 RC2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 19, 2003</span><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Forked to <a href="/wiki/X.Org_Server" title="X.Org Server">X.Org Server</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.4.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.4.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-02-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 29, 2004</span> </td> <td>First version under XFree86 License 1.1. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.5.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.5.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002005-03-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 16, 2005</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.6.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.6.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-03-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 10, 2006</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.7.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> XFree86 4.7.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-08-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 12, 2007</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="templateVersion c" style="color:black; background-color: #D4F4B4;" title="Current stable version" data-sort-value="XFree86 4.8.0"><span style="display: none;">Current stable version:</span> <b>XFree86 4.8.0</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-12-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 15, 2008</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><div class="templateVersion l" style="margin-left: -1em;"><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>Legend:</b></span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #FDB3AB; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Old version, no longer maintained">Old version</span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #FEF8C6; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Old version, yet still maintained">Old version, still maintained</span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #D4F4B4; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Latest stable version"><b>Latest version</b></span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #FED1A0; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Latest preview of a future release">Latest preview version</span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #C1E6F5; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="A future release">Future release</span></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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Hammel, <i>Linux Magazine</i>, December 2001)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040228213700/http://xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/000128.html">Some perspective from the cheap seats ...</a> (David Wexelblat, March 20, 2003) — on why Keith Packard was sacked from the core team</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040804184301/http://xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/000168.html">A Call For Open Governance Of X Development</a> (Keith Packard, March 21, 2003)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/03/21/xfree86_dustup_questions_x11_model/">XFree86 dust-up questions X11 model</a> (Andrew Orlowski, <i>The Register</i>, March 21, 2003)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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