“In a press conference held today at LinuxWorld 2004 in New
York, members of the old X consortium, some members of the
disbanded Xfree86 core developer group, and Havoc Pennington of
freedesktop.org announced that X.org and xFree86 have essentially
merged, and that the reformed group is working together to bring
‘not just more eye candy but new functionality’ to the X Window
Manager for Linux and Unix. Another change is a new eagerness to
work with — and give credit to — individual contributors rather
than continue to view X development primarily as a corporate
activity.“X.org–no longer ‘the X consortium’–is now a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization. Both corporate and individual
contributions to it are tax-deductible. Its (new) mission statement
says the group exists ‘To promote a proactive and participatory
community for Open Source X Window System and desktop
development…'”
XFree86.org: XFree86 Has Not Merged With X.Org
“There are several news items claiming that X.Org and The
XFree86 Project have merged. This is untrue. The XFree86 Project
remains an independent organisation both legally and operationally.
It will continue to as an independent organisation as mandated by
its mission statement and bylaws. There has been no discussion with
X.Org about any such merge, let alone any agreement to a
merge…”