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diff --git a/Other/Press/501c3StatusDetermination.mdwn b/Other/Press/501c3StatusDetermination.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..45edac8d --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/501c3StatusDetermination.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + +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. + +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]]. + +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]]. + +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/]]. diff --git a/Other/Press/CFP2012.mdwn b/Other/Press/CFP2012.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2166c0de --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/CFP2012.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + +# 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. + +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: + + 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. + +**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 diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R682Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R682Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8e8e1274 --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R682Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ + + +# 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: + +* 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]]
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R6970Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R6970Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a340f060 --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R6970Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + + +# X11R6.9 and X11R7.0 Officially Released + + +### Landmark version X11R7.0 released today with X11R6.9 by the X.Org Foundation + +_Brookline, Massachusetts, December 21 2005._ The first major version release of the X Window System in more than a decade, X11R7.0 is the first release of the complete modularized and autotooled source code base for the X Window System. X11R6.9, its companion release, contains identical features, and uses the exact same source code as X11R7.0, but with the traditional imake build system. + +These changes in source code management, giving openness and transparency to the source code base and employing current technology, invite a new generation of developers to contribute, building on the long tradition of the X Window System. The new modular format offers focused development, and rapid and independent updates and distribution of tested modular components as they are ready, freed from the biennial maintenance release timetable. + +X11R6.9 comprises many distinct components bonded in a single tree, based on imake. X11R7.0 splits that set of components into logically distinct modules, separately developed, built, and maintained by the community of X.Org developers. This simulaneous release gives a transition point for developers, builders, and vendors to adapt their practices to the new X.Org modular process. X11R7.0 supports Linux and Solaris at this time, with other support pending. X11R7.1, the first modular roll-up release, is scheduled mid-2006. While the monolithic tree will continue to be fully supported and released, new feature development is expected to be concentrated in the modular code base. + +The X11R7.0 and X11R6.9 releases are the work of more than fifty volunteer contributors worldwide, working under the release management team of Kevin Martin (Head), Alan Coopersmith, and Adam Jackson, with the support of Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and the unsupported generous contribution of effort by Adam Jackson.* + +All X Window System Releases are available from [[http://ftp.X.Org|http://ftp.X.Org]] and mirror sites worldwide (see [[http://wiki.x.org/Mirrors|http://wiki.x.org/Mirrors]]). They are distributed under the MIT ("X") License by the X.Org Foundation LLC. Information concerning organization, activities, and mailing lists can be found at [[http://www.X.Org|http://www.X.Org]]. Membership is free and open to contributors. Sponsorship is encouraged to support the global activities of the X.Org Foundation. Current X.Org Sponsors include Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, StarNet Communications, AttachmateWRQ, Hummingbird, and Integrated Computer Solutions Incorporated [ICS].* + +In continuous use for over 20 years, the X Window System provides the only standard platform-independent networked graphical window system bridging the heterogeneous platforms in today's enterprise: from network servers to desktops, thin clients, laptops, and hand-helds, independent of operating system and hardware. + +* LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Solaris" is a tradmark of Sun Microsystems. Company names are trademarks of their registered owners. diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R71Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R71Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6a84c9e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R71Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + + +# X.Org Foundation Releases X11R7.1 + + +### First Modular Source Code Roll-up Release of the X Window System + +_Brookline, Massachusetts, May 22 2006._ Five months after release of X11R7.0, the modularized and autotooled release of the MIT ("X") Licensed X Window System source code, the X.Org Foundation has issued its first modular roll-up release. + +X11R7.1 supports Linux, Solaris, and BSD systems. It includes important new server and driver features for embedded systems, 64 bit platforms, enhanced operating system support, and accelerated indirect GLX support. It most importantly demonstrates to developers and industry immediate benefits of modularization. + +The full source code is free and available from ftp.X.Org and [[Mirrors|Mirrors]] worldwide. For a complete list of features in the new release and the contributors, please visit: [[http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/|http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/]]. + +The X Window System is distributed under the MIT ("X") License by the X.Org Foundation LLC. All X Window System Releases are the work of volunteer contributors. + +All X11R7.0 derivative ("modularized") releases divide the source code into logically distinct modules, separately developed, built, and maintained by the community of X.Org developers. This concentrates and accelerates development time, supporting continuous modification, testing, and publication of each module.The new modular format offers focused development, and rapid and independent updates and distribution of tested modular components as they are ready, freed from the biennial maintenance release timetable. These changes in source code management, giving openness and transparency to the source code base and employing current technology, invite a new generation of developers to contribute, building on the long tradition of the X Window System. + +Twice yearly, roll-up releases collect and publish a new reference source code version. X11R7.1 is the first of these regular releases, demonstrating the success of the new development environment. The last monolithic tree released, X11R6.9.0, will continue to be be supported with security patches, as are all past X.Org Foundation releases, while new feature development is concentrated on the X11R7.* modular code base. + +Membership is free and open to contributors. Sponsorship is encouraged to support the global activities of the X.Org Foundation. Current X.Org Sponsors include Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, StarNet Communications, AttachmateWRQ, Hummingbird, and Integrated Computer Solutions Incorporated [ICS].* Information concerning organization, activities, and mailing lists can be found at [[http://www.X.Org|http://www.X.Org]]. + +In continuous use for over 20 years, the X Window System provides the only standard platform-independent networked graphical window system bridging the heterogeneous platforms in today's enterprise: from network servers to desktops, thin clients, laptops, embedded systems, and hand-helds, independent of operating system and hardware. + +* LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Solaris" is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. Company names are trademarks of their registered owners. diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R72Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R72Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ce70e5e --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R72Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + + +# X.Org community releases X11R7.2 + +_February 15, 2007._ The X.Org community is proud to announce the release of X11R7.2, the third modular release of the X Window System. + +X11R7.2 supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows and GNU Hurd systems. It incorporates significant stability and correctness fixes, including improved autoconfiguration heuristics, enhanced support for GL-based compositing managers such as Compiz and Beryl, and improved support for PCI systems with multiple domains. It also incorporates the new, more extensible XACE security policy framework. + +The full source code is free to use, modify and redistribute and is available from [[http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.2/|http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.2/]] and mirrors worldwide. + +For more information on the X Window System, including how to get involved with development, please see [[http://wiki.x.org|http://wiki.x.org]]. + +* Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Company names are trademarks of their registered owners. diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R75Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R75Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..401dc28f --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R75Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + +**26 October 2009** -- The [[X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation]] and the global community of X.Org developers announce the release of [[X11R7.5 - Release 7.5 of the X Window System, Version 11|Releases/7.5]]. This release is the sixth modular release of the X Window System. The next full release will be [[X11R7.6|Releases/7.6]] and is expected in 2010. + +X11``R7.5 supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and GNU Hurd systems. It incorporates new features, and stability and correctness fixes, including improved autoconfiguration heuristics, enhanced support for input devices, and new options for reconfiguring the screen geometry while the system is running. + +The full source code is free to use, modify and redistribute, under open source licenses, and is available from [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/]] and mirrors worldwide. + +For more information on the X Window System, including how to get involved with development, please see [[http://www.x.org|http://www.x.org]]. + + * +--- + + + + +## Summary of new features in X11R7.5 + +This is a sampling of the new features in X11``R7.5. A more complete list of changes can be found in the Change``Log files that are part of the source of each X module and on the [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/]] website. + +More information on the contents of X11``R7.5 and changes from previous releases can also be found in the release notes posted at: + + * [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/doc/RELNOTES.html|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/doc/RELNOTES.html]] + * **Multi-Pointer X (MPX)** provides the user with multiple independent mouse cursors and multiple independent keyboard foci. Each cursor is a true system cursor and different pointers can operate in multiple applications simultaneously. + * **Input device properties** allow you to attach properties to a device. These properties can be of arbitrary type and can be changed without the server having to know their details. + * The **X Input Extension version 2.0 (XI2)** is designed to replace both core input processing and prior versions of the X Input Extension. Besides MPX, it provides a number of other enhancements over version 1.5, including: + * explicit device hierarchy of master and slave devices. + * the ability for devices to change capabilities at runtime. + * raw device events + * **Resize, Rotate and Reflect Extension (RANDR) version 1.3** builds on the changes made with version 1.2 and adds some new capabilities without fundmentally changing the extension again. The following features are added in this version: + * _Projective Transforms_: The implementation work for general rotation support made it trivial to add full projective transformations. These can be used to scale the screen up/down as well as perform projector keystone correct or other effects. + * _Panning_: Panning was removed with RandR 1.2 because the old semantics didn't fit any longer. With RandR 1.3 panning can be specified per crtc. + * The **DRI2** extension is designed to associate and access auxillary rendering buffers with an X drawable. It is a essentially a helper extension to support implementation of direct rendering drivers/libraries/technologies. The first consumer of this extension is a direct rendering OpenGL driver, but the DRI2 extension is not designed to be OpenGL specific. Work is underway to utilize DRI2 for the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) as well. Direct rendering implementations of OpenVG, Xv, cairo and other graphics APIs should find the functionality exposed by this extension helpful and hopefully sufficient.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Other/Press/X11R76Released.mdwn b/Other/Press/X11R76Released.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3d664250 --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/X11R76Released.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ + +**20 December 2010** -- The [[X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation]] and the global community of X.Org developers announce the release of [[X11R7.6 - Release 7.6 of the X Window System, Version 11|Releases/7.6]]. This release is the seventh modular release of the X Window System. The next full release will be [[X11R7.7|Releases/7.7]] and is expected in 2011. + +X11``R7.6 supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and GNU Hurd systems. It incorporates new features, and stability and correctness fixes, including improved autoconfiguration heuristics, enhanced support for input devices, better documentation, and takes the next step in migrating to the [[XCB client APIs|http://xcb.freedesktop.org]]. + +The full source code is free to use, modify and redistribute, under open source licenses, and is available from [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/]] and mirrors worldwide. + +For more information on the X Window System, including how to get involved with development, please see [[http://www.x.org|http://www.x.org]]. + + * +--- + + + + +## Summary of new features in X11R7.6 + +This is a sampling of the new features in X11``R7.6. A more complete list of changes can be found in the Change``Log files that are part of the source of each X module and on the [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/]] website. + +More information on the contents of X11``R7.6 and changes from previous releases can also be found in the release notes posted at: + + * [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/ReleaseNotes.html|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/ReleaseNotes.html]] + * **Input``Class** sections in Xorg configuration files are used to apply configuration options to any input device matching specified rules, such as device path, type of device, device manufacturer, or other data provided by the input hotplug backend. Details can be found in the INPUTCLASS section of the xorg.conf(5) manual page. + * **Xorg configuration directories** are used to allow fragments of the X server configuration to be delivered in individual files. For instance, the input device driver matching rules previously provided in HAL `.fdi` files are now provided as [[InputClass|InputClass]] sections in .conf files in a `xorg.conf.d` directory. + * **udev** is now used by the X server on Linux systems for input device discovery and hot-plug notification. Other platforms continue to use the **HAL** framework for these tasks for now. + * **X protocol C-language Binding (XCB)** is now included in the katamari, and is required by several client-side modules, including libX11, xlsatoms, xlsclients and xwininfo. XCB is a replacement for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct access to the protocol, improved threading support, and extensibility. More information can be found on the XCB website at [[http://xcb.freedesktop.org/|http://xcb.freedesktop.org/]]. + * Major progress has been made on the **[[X.Org Documentation modernization|Development/Documentation/WritingDocumentation]]** - most of the library and protocol specifications are now included in the modules for those libraries and protocols so they can be updated in sync with new versions, and many have been converted to Doc``Book XML from the variety of formats they were previously in. On most systems these documents will be installed under `/usr/share/doc/`. They are also posted on the X.Org website at [[http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/index.html|http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/index.html]] +<ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins><ins></ins> + + +## Dedication + +Two of the early leaders of the X Window System community were lost to cancer this year -- **Smokey Wallace**, who led the DEC WSL team which created the initial implementation of X11, and **Hideki Hiura** from Sun Microsystems, who helped design the X11``R6 internationalization framework. The X11``R7.6 release is dedicated to their memory. + +Jim Gettys [[remembers|http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/so-they-dont-pass-unnoticed/]] that “_Without Smokey, it is not clear that X11 would have ever existed: he and I drafted a memo that proposed developing X11 in Digital’s WSL and making the result freely available, as X11 would require more resources than we had available at MIT. This was one of the seminal moments in free and open source software, though few know of it._” + +Alan Coopersmith, who worked with Hideki at Sun, noted that “_Hideki’s contributions to the X Window System and leadership in forums such as openi18n.org will leave a lasting legacy on the millions of users who are able to use their native languages to interact with computers and portable devices running the Unix and Linux families of operating system._” diff --git a/Other/Press/XTSReleased.mdwn b/Other/Press/XTSReleased.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ba666d63 --- /dev/null +++ b/Other/Press/XTSReleased.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ + + +# X Window System Test Suite + + +# Contributed by ApTest and The Open Group to The X.Org Foundation + + +# Released under "X" Open Source License. + +_Brookline Massachusetts, 18 April 2005._ + +The X.Org Foundation, global steward of the X Window System* and Standards, announced today that [[ApTest|ApTest]] and The Open Group have together donated their VSW5 Test Suite to The X.Org Foundation, where it shall be released under their standard Open Source license as XTS 5.0.2. The X Window System is released by the X.Org Foundation under the MIT ("X") License. The VSW5 Test Suite is the industry best practice in testing the X Window System. + +All Official X.Org releases are free and available for download from [[ftp://www.x.org/pub|ftp://www.x.org/pub]] and at mirror-sites world-wide. + +"[[ApTest|ApTest]] is excited by the opportunity X.Org offers the X community. We are pleased to contribute our technology and look forward to participating in ensuring the ongoing quality of X releases" said Shane [[McCarron|McCarron]], Managing Director of [[ApTest|ApTest]] Minnesota + +"The Open Group congratulates the X.Org Foundation on making the free availability of the X Window System Test Suite (VSW5) under an open source license possible and establishing a test working group" said Andrew Josey, Director of Certification at The Open Group. "This initiative will further enhance the quality of the X Window System and we look forward to working with X.Org. As part of that cooperation we plan to contribute a number of patches to the code base." + +To support the development of this critical and unique testing technology in tandem with the X Window System itself, the X.Org Foundation also announces the formation of a Testing Workgroup, to be lead by Stuart Anderson, for maintenance and extension of the test suites. Information about this workgroup can be found at [[http://www.x.org/TestGroup|http://www.x.org/TestGroup]]. Membership in all X.Org work groups is open and free. + + +## About VSW5: + +The VSW5 Test Suite is the latest in an evolutionary series of test suites for the X Window System that began in the early 1990's. The VSW Test Suite is built on the The Open Group's Test Environment Toolkit (TET) framework ([[http://tetworks.opengroup.org/|http://tetworks.opengroup.org/]]). The VSW test suite is a part of the certification program for both the UNIX system and the Linux Standard Base (LSB). The software can be downloaded from [[http://www.x.org/pub/XTS5.0.2|http://www.x.org/pub/XTS5.0.2]]. + + +## About ApTest: + +Applied Testing and Technology has provided testing analysis, design, development, and execution services to its clients since 1993. [[ApTest|ApTest]] specializes in outsourced product testing and the development of automated test suites, test tools, and test technology. We also develop and market the [[ApTest|ApTest]] Manager test management system - a web-based product for managing QA testing across the enterprise. Further information on [[ApTest|ApTest]] can be found at [[http://www.aptest.com|http://www.aptest.com]] or from Andy Silverman at 408-399-1930. + + +## About The Open Group: + +The Open Group is a specialist in the development and operation of certification programs for software specifications endorsed by industry standards bodies. The Open Group has a fifteen-year history of the provision of high quality test suites and certification related services to the software industry, and has been the active maintainer of VSW5 and X Window System certification for a number of years. Further information on The Open Group can be found at [[http://www.opengroup.org|http://www.opengroup.org]]. + +==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/]]. + +_Notes to Editors:_ + +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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