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+20 JULY 2012: The X.Org Foundation is pleased to announce that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has determined that the [[X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation]] qualifies as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.  This allows for contributions to the Foundation to be considered tax deductible for U.S. taxpayers. 
+
+The Foundation's Board offers our deep gratitude to our legal counsel at the [[Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)|http://www.softwarefreedom.org/]], including Karen Sandler, Justin Colannino, and Aaron Williamson, for their hard work, guidance, and assistance throughout the multi-year process of applying for this status. 
+
+Contributions to the X.Org Foundation are used to further our mission to support the development of the open source graphics stack based on the X Window System, and to educate students and developers about the technology in the stack.   The X Window System is one of the oldest Open Source software projects in the world, since its creation at MIT in 1984, and has become the standard graphical interface across Linux & Unix workstations and servers, and has been included in a number of mobile phones and tablets as well.   Foundation members and contributing developers continue to enhance and maintain the existing X software base, while also researching and developing next generation open source graphics technologies such as the [[Wayland project|http://wayland.freedesktop.org]]. 
+
+The Foundation is currently funding stipends for several students to learn about open source development, developer community participation, and the various portions of the graphics stack via [[X.Org's “Endless Vacation of Code” program|XorgEVoC]], which allows students to spend breaks between semesters participating in open source development on the graphics stack. 
+
+Funding from the Foundation will also be used to hold the [[2012 X.Org Developer Conference|Events/XDC2012]], hosted by SUSE Linux GmbH, in Nuremberg, Germany from September 19 through 21, including helping cover travel and lodging expenses for developers and students who could not otherwise afford to attend.   This year's conference will include a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of X11, the current core standard upon which the window system is based. 
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+Since its founding, the Foundation has also supported "hackfests" to gather developers together for focused meetings to advance specific areas, held a book sprint to create documentation to better educate users & developers, helped members and students travel to other open source conferences such as FOSDEM to present their work to wider audiences, and obtained access to standards documentation and technical specifications for members to use. 
+
+Membership in the Foundation is open to those who have contributed in some way to the X Window System.   Members may vote in annual elections for the Board of Directors and other questions put to the Foundation membership. Further details are available at [[Membership|Membership]]. 
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+Significant funding for the Foundation has come from Intel, Google, and Oracle (previously Sun Microsystems), as well as from the previous X.Org industry group that was run by The Open Group.   With the determination of charitable non-profit status, we will be looking for contributions from a wider range of donors.  To contribute, or for any other questions about the Foundation, please contact the [[X.Org Board of Directors|BoardOfDirectors]] at [[board@foundation.x.org|mailto:board@foundation.x.org]]. 
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+Public information about the Foundation and its projects may be found on the web site [[http://www.x.org/|http://www.x.org/]] - public disclosure of such documents as required by the Internal Revenue Code is at [[http://www.x.org/foundation/|http://www.x.org/foundation/]]. 
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+# Call For Proposals **2012 X.Org Developers Conference (XDC 2012)** **19-21 September 2012** **Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany** 
+
+The [2012 X.Org Developers Conference] ([[http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2012|http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2012]]) is the annual technical meeting for [X Window System]([[http://x.org|http://x.org]]) and [Free Desktop]([[http://freedesktop.org|http://freedesktop.org]]) developers. The attendees will gather to discuss outstanding technical issues related to X and to plan the direction of the X Window System and its software ecosystem. The event is free of charge and open to the general public. 
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+The XDC 2012 Technical Program Committee (TPC) is requesting proposals for papers and presentations at XDC 2012. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.org and [[FreeDesktop|FreeDesktop]].org developers are encouraged. There are three particular types of proposal the TPC is seeking: 
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+            1. Technical talk abstracts: 250-1000 words describing a presentation to be made at XDC 2012. This can be anything: a work-in-progress talk, a proposal for change, analysis of trends, etc. 
+            1. Informal white papers: 1000+ words on something of interest or relevance to X.org developers, [[FreeDesktop|FreeDesktop]].org developers or the X community at large. These papers will appear in the online conference proceedings of XDC 2012, and are unrefereed (beyond basic checks for legitimacy and relevance). Papers can be refereed if requested in advance. 
+            1. Technical research papers: 2500+ words in a format and style suitable for refereed technical publication. Papers that are judged acceptable by the TPC and its referees will be published in the printed conference proceedings of XDC 2012, available on a print-on-demand basis online. 
+XDC 2012 technical presenters will be chosen from the authors of any of these submissions (as well as other presenters invited by the TPC). 
+
+Normally, there is time for everyone who wants to present to do so, but one can never tell. As much as possible, presenters will be selected from those who submit before the deadline. We also may be able to offer financial assistance for travel for presenters who could not otherwise afford to attend and who submit before the deadline.  Please do submit your proposal in a timely fashion. 
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+**Proposals due:** Wednesday 15 August 2012 17:00 UTC *Accepted formats:  PDF and ASCII text. **Notification of acceptance:** Monday 3 September 2012 **E-mail:** board at foundation.x.org 
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+# X11R6.8.2 Officially Released
+
+
+### X.Org Foundation Releases Update
+
+
+### For X Window System Release X11R6.8.0
+
+_Brookline Massachusetts, February 9, 2005_ The X.Org Foundation today announced the fourth release of the X Window System since the formation of the Foundation in January of 2004.  
+
+The new X.Org release, called X Window System Version 11, Release 6.8.2 ([[X11R6|X11R6]].8.2) builds on the work of X.org [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.0 and [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.1 released in 2004. [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.2 combines the latest developments from many people and companies working with the X Window System and an open X.Org Foundation Release Team. All Official X.Org Releases are available for download from [[ftp://www.x.org/pub|ftp://www.x.org/pub]] and at mirror-sites world-wide.  
+
+
+## About this Release:
+
+The [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.2 release is intended to be a stable bug fix release ("Maintenance update") for the [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.0 and [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.1 X11 releases of the Xorg Foundation, containing bug fixes, security updates and a small set of new features, which include the following:  
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+* ATI R100 video driver 
+* ATI "radeon" video driver  
+* ATI Rage128 video driver  
+* CYGWIN infrastructure update  
+* DMX Library updates  
+* Intel i810 video driver  
+* libXpm security update (CAN-2004-0914)  
+* Mesa (OpenGL) update to release 6.2  
+* Fixes to the pseudocolor emulation layer (currently only used by the Neomagic driver.)  
+* "nv" (Nvidia) video driver  
+* Postscript print driver  
+* Xprint infrastructure update  
+Please refer to the [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.2 Release Notes at [[http://www.x.org/|http://www.x.org/]] for further details. The full list of changes between the initial [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.0 and this release can be found in the Changelog.  
+
+
+## About participation and membership in X.Org:
+
+Membership in the X.Org foundation is free and open to all participants. Active participants in the further development of the X Window System are invited to visit: [[http://www.x.org/XOrg_Foundation_Membership.html|http://www.x.org/XOrg_Foundation_Membership.html]] to complete a membership application. Participation in the Foundation's Sponsor Group is also available to those who wish to financially support the activities of the X.Org Foundation. Current Sponsors include Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, Hummingbird, IBM, Starnet Communications, WRQ, and Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS).  
+
+
+## About the X.Org Foundation:
+
+X.Org Foundation L.L.C. is a Delaware company organized to operate as a scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3), chartered to develop and execute effective strategies that provide worldwide stewardship of the X Window System technology and standards. The group is currently managed by its Board of Directors that includes: Stuart Anderson (Free Standards Group), Egbert Eich (Novell), Jim Gettys (HP), Stuart Kreitman (SUN Microsystems), Kevin Martin (Red Hat), Jim [[McQuillan|McQuillan]] (Linux Terminal Server Project), Keith Packard (HP), and Leon Shiman (Shiman Associates). The website for the X.Org Foundation can be found at [[http://www.x.org/|http://www.x.org/]].  
+
+
+## About Community Participation:
+
+This release was built on [[X11R6|X11R6]].8.0 by the direct contributions of 66 developers, with the support of X.Org's Release Wranglers. Names of all contributors can be found in the Release Notes.  
+
+
+## About The X Window System:
+
+The X Window System provides the only common networked windowing environment bridging the heterogeneous platforms in today's computing. The X Window System is one of the most successful open-source, collaborative technologies developed to date and is the standard graphical window system for the Linux® and UNIX® operating systems. The inherent independence of the X Window System from the operating system, the network and the hardware, as well as its successful interoperability, have made it widely available and deployed with more than 30 million users worldwide. All major hardware vendors support the X Window System and many third parties provide technologies for integrating X Window System applications into the networked computer or personal computer environments including Microsoft Windows®, UNIX, Linux and Mac OS® X. Further, thousands of software developers provide X Window System applications, and with the continued growth of Linux and the emergence of Mac OS X, the number of users is growing rapidly.  
+
+_Notes to Editors:_ 
+
+(1) Distributed Multihead X Project: [[http://dmx.sourceforge.net/|http://dmx.sourceforge.net/]]  
+
+(2) The Mesa 3D Graphics Library: [[http://www.mesa3d.org|http://www.mesa3d.org]]  
+
+(3) The Xprint Project: [[http://xprint.mozdev.org/|http://xprint.mozdev.org/]]  
+
+UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac OS is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other company names are trademarks of the registered owners.  
+
+For questions, please contact: Leon Shiman, Secretary, X.Org Foundation, at:  
+
+* Shiman Associates Inc  (00)1.617.277.0087  [[leon@shiman.com|mailto:leon@shiman.com]]  
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