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X.Org Foundation

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Nonprofit organization
This article is about the post-2004 X.Org organization. For the pre-2004 organization, seeX Window System § X.Org and XFree86.

X.Org Foundation
Founded22 January 2004; 22 years ago (2004-01-22)
TypeNon-profit
ProductX.Org Server
MethodDevelopment
Parent organization
Software Freedom Conservancy[1]
Websitex.org

TheX.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation chartered to research, develop, support, organize, administrate, standardize, promote, and defend a free and open accelerated graphics stack. This includes, but is not limited to, the following projects:DRM,Mesa 3D,Wayland, and theX Window System and its primary implementation, theX.Org Server.[2][3]

Organization

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The X.Org Foundation was founded on 22 January 2004.[4]

The modern X.Org Foundation came into being when the body that oversaw X standards and published the official reference implementation joined forces with formerXFree86 developers.[5] The creation of the Foundation marked a radical change in the governance of X (seethe history of the X Window System). Whereas the stewards of X since 1988 (including the previous X.Org, part ofThe Open Group) had been vendor organizations, the Foundation is led by software developers and using community development on thebazaar model, which relies on outside involvement. Membership is also open to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.

In 2005 the X.Org Foundation applied for 501(c)(3) non-profit status. In 2012, with the help of theSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC), the Foundation gained the status. In 2013, the Foundation lost the status because they did not fill a tax form (it had no income to declare and did not get any info from SFLC) and in the same year it regained the status, after clearing up the issue.[6] In 2016, the X.Org Foundation joinedSoftware in the Public Interest (SPI)[7] who would manage the bureaucracy.[8]

In 2019,freedesktop.org formally joined the X.Org Foundation.[9][10]

In 2023, The X.Org Foundation decided to joinSoftware Freedom Conservancy,[7] which took over the bureaucratic roles SPI had had previously.[11]

Fields of activity

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The X.Org Foundation does not provide technical guidance, roadmaps or deadlines, releases or supervision of any kind.

The X.Org Foundation does provide communication tools (in relation withfreedesktop.org), an annual physical meeting and money to help developing the free graphics stack.

  • a physical annual meeting (X.Org Developer's Conference)
  • Travel sponsorship:
  • The X.Org Foundation participated as an organization of theGoogle Summer of Code (GSoC). This allows students to participate to X.Org-related projects over the summer .
  • Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC): EVoC is a GSoC-like project, funded by the X.Org Foundation. It allows students to participate to X.Org-related projects during their vacation, at any time of the year.
  • Communication: Google+[needs update] and Twitter Google+/YouTube: Store and/or link to talk videos, slides, blog articles or G+ posts related to projects under our umbrella (Martin Peres); Twitter: Mostly security issues, random updates (Alan Coopersmith).
  • There is an X.Org developer guide written by Alan Coopersmith, Matt Dew and the X.Org team; edited by Bart Massey athttps://www.x.org/wiki/guide/

The X.Org Foundation organizes the annualX.Org Developer's Conference (XDC) and sponsors students to work on X.Org as part of theirX.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC) initiative.[12]

TheX.Org Server andxlib are thereference implementation of theX protocol, and is commonly used on Linux and UNIX; it is the fundamental technology underlying both the modernGNOME andKDE desktops and olderCDE desktop environment; applications written for any of these environments can be run simultaneously.

xclock

Along with reference implementation of X protocol, the X.org Foundation hosts development of severalutilities and example applications, includingxcalc on-screencalculator,xclock simple digital and analog clock,xedit text editor,xload periodically updatedhistogram of the averagesystem load,xterm terminal emulator, andxeyes which shows, by default, a pair of eyes that follow themouse cursor.

As of April 2013, the Board of Directors consisted of Alan Coopersmith, Alex Deucher, Martin Peres, Matt Dew, Matthias Hopf, Peter Hutterer (Secretary), Stuart Kreitman (Treasurer), andKeith Packard.[13]

X.Org Developer's Conference

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The physical meeting is the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC/XDS),[14] which is organized once a year, around September/October and alternates between North America and Europe and lasts for 3 days. The board of directors can cover the travel and accommodation expenses to the developers who couldn't attend an X.Org-related conference (XDC or FOSDEM?) otherwise.

Conference history

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Event and yearDateHost cityVenueResourcesThemes
XDC200428–30 AprilCambridge, Massachusetts, USACambridge Research Laboratory[1]
XDC200512–14 FebruaryCambridge, Massachusetts, USACambridge Research Laboratory[2]X.Org Server,Cairo,xephyr, ...
XDC20068–10 FebruarySanta Clara, California, USASun Microsystems campus[3]Xgl,
XDC20077–9 FebruaryMenlo Park, California, USATechShop Menlo Park facility[4]
XDS200710–12 SeptemberCambridge, United KingdomClare College[5]
XDC200816–18 AprilMountain View, California, USAGoogle campus[6]
XDS20083–5 SeptemberEdinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Zoo[7]XKB,MPX, ...
XDC200928–30 SeptemberPortland, Oregon, USAUniversity Place Hotel,Portland State University[8]
XDS201016–18 SeptemberToulouse, FranceToulouse 1 University Capitole[9]
XDC201112–14 SeptemberChicago, Illinois, USAMcCormick Tribune Campus Center[10]
XDC201219–21 SeptemberNuremberg, GermanySUSE campus[11]
XDC201323–25 SeptemberPortland, Oregon, USAUniversity Place Hotel,Portland State University[12]DRM,DRI3,XCB,nouveau, etc.
XDC20148–10 OctoberBordeaux, FranceLaboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (LaBRI)[13]Wayland,Tizen,FreeBSD,DragonflyBSD,Mesa 3D, etc.
XDC201516–18 SeptemberToronto, CanadaSeneca@York campus, Seneca College[14]GLSL compiler,Nouveau,libinput,Freedreno,Etnaviv,amdgpu,drm, etc.
XDC201620–22 SeptemberHelsinki, FinlandHaaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences[15]
XDC201720–22 SeptemberMountain View, California, USAGoogle Bldg 1055[16]
XDC201826–28 SeptemberA Coruña,Galicia (Spain)Computer Science Faculty ofUniversity of A Coruña[17]
XDC20192–4 OctoberMontreal,CanadaConcordia University Conference Centre[18]
XDC202016–18 SeptemberVirtualVirtual[19]Archived 7 July 2020 at theWayback Machine
XDC202115–17 SeptemberVirtualVirtual[20]
XDC20224–6 OctoberMinneapolis,MinnesotaUniversity of St. Thomas[21]
XDC202317–19 OctoberCoruña,SpainPALEXCO[22]
XDC20249–11 OctoberMontréal,CanadaConcordia University Conference Center[23]
XDC202529 September – 1 OctoberVienna,AustriaTU Wien[24]

X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC)

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X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC) is aGoogle Summer of Code (GSoC)-like project initiated in 2008 funded by the X.Org Foundation. It allows students to participate to X.Org-related projects during their vacation, at any time of the year.

An example of an accepted EVoC project from 2014 is to work onnouveau, thefree and open-source graphics device driver forGeForce-branded GPUs.[15] NVA3/5/8 are the engineering names of theTesla-based GT215, GT216 and GT218.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Information for Sponsors".X.Org. X.Org Foundation. Retrieved20 August 2025.
  2. ^"Proposed Bylaws of the X.Org Foundation"(PDF). 22 March 2015.
  3. ^"FOSDEM2014: State of the X.Org Foundation". 1 February 2014. Retrieved16 February 2014.
  4. ^"X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7".LWN.net. 7 April 2004. Retrieved14 September 2014.
  5. ^Coopersmith, Alan (28 May 2004)."The difference between Xorg and XFree86". Archived fromthe original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved17 September 2018.
  6. ^"The X.Org Foundation and the 501(c)(3) status".
  7. ^abMichael Larabel (23 May 2023)."X.Org Foundation To Become Part Of The SFC".
  8. ^"State of the X.org foundation".archive.fosdem.org.
  9. ^"X.Org To Join Forces With FreeDesktop.org While Foundation Elections Hit A Snag". Retrieved31 October 2025.
  10. ^"freedesktop.org". Retrieved31 October 2025.
  11. ^"X.Org".SPI. Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Retrieved20 August 2025.
  12. ^"The X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC)". 21 September 2008. Retrieved14 September 2014.
  13. ^"The X.Org Foundation Board of Directors". 19 April 2013. Retrieved20 April 2013.
  14. ^"The 2013 "State of X.Org" report".LWN.net. 22 February 2013. Retrieved20 April 2013.
  15. ^"[Nouveau] EVoC Proposal: REclock - Reverse-engineer and implement NVA3/5/8 Voltage- and Frequency Scaling in Nouveau".freedesktop.org. 12 June 2014.
  16. ^"Engineering vs. marketing names".freedesktop.org.

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