                               README for X11R7.7

                            [1]The X.Org Foundation

                                   June 2012

   X11R7.7 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that supports
   many UNIX(R) and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD,
   NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris) on a variety of platforms. This version is
   compatible with X11R7.6 and other X Window System implementations which
   support the X11 standard.

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                               Table of Contents

   [2]What is X11R7.7?

   [3]Licensing

   [4]Pointers to additional information

   [5]The Public Mailing Lists

   [6]Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.

   [7]How to get the release

                [8]X11R7.7

                [9]The current development tree

   [10]Reporting Bugs

                                What is X11R7.7?

   X11R7.7 is the eighth release in the X11R7 series.

   Specific release enhancements can be viewed in the Release Notes.

   Most modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC
   video hardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the "vesa"
   driver. The Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with
   X11R7.7, and links to related documentation.

   The X.Org Foundation X releases are produced by the X.Org Foundation. The
   X.Org Foundation has been formed as a Delaware corporation organized to
   operate as a scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3) chartered to
   develop and execute effective strategies which provide world-wide
   stewardship of the X Window System technology and standards. Membership in
   the X.Org Foundation is free to all participants. Applications for
   Membership are now being accepted, and active participants in the further
   development of the X Window Technology are invited to complete a
   [11]membership application. The X11R7.7 release has been produced by the
   many contributors to the X.Org community and members of the X.Org
   Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open Group and the
   XFree86(R) Project. This release is dedicated to the greater X community,
   developers and users alike.

                                   Licensing

   X Window System source code is covered by many licenses. All of these
   licenses have in common the fact that they do not impose significant
   conditions on the modification or redistribution or either source code or
   binaries beyond requiring one or more of the following:

    1. Copyright and/or license notices are left intact.

    2. Copyright and/or license notices are reproduced verbatim in
       documentation accompanying binary distributions.

    3. Attributions are included with documentation accompanying binaries.

   Most of these licenses are based on the MIT, X Consortium, or BSD
   (original and revised) licenses. All of them are consistent with the
   [12]Open Source Definition, and most are consistent with the Free Software
   Foundation's [13]Free Software Definition.

   Copyright and Licensing information for X, including the reproduction of
   copyright and/or license notices and attributions required by some of the
   licenses for binary distributions, can be found in the License Document.
   If you find any omissions in that document, please contact us with details
   at <[14]xorg@lists.x.org>. While the current licenses are all open source
   licenses, the X.Org Foundation is attempting, with time, to bring as much
   as possible of the code's licenses in the distribution into compliance
   with the [15]Debian Free Software Guidelines.

                       Pointers to additional information

   The documentation for this release can be found online at the [16]X.Org
   web site.

   The X11 version numbering system (including historical information) can be
   found in the Versions Document.

   Additional information may be available at the [17]X.Org Foundation Wiki.

                            The Public Mailing Lists

   Current information about the X.Org Foundation public mailing lists is
   available on [18]the X.Org mailing list page and related desktop
   technology mailing lists can be found on [19]Freedesktop.org's mailing
   list page.

               Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.

   If you have any new work or enhancements/bug fixes for existing work,
   please send them as git format patches to
   <[20]xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org> or to our [21]bug tracking system
   using the xorg component. This will help ensure that they are included in
   future releases. More details on patch submission and review process are
   available on the [22]SubmittingPatches page of the X.Org wiki.

                             How to get the release

   Information about X11R7.7 can be found from the [23]X.Org Foundation wiki,
   and at mirrors of this server.

  X11R7.7

   This is the eighth release of the new modular source code tree. The source
   code has been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc, driver,
   font, lib. proto, util and xserver. Each of these modules contain one or
   more packages that can be configured, built and installed separately.
   Please see an X11R7.7 release site for a complete list of the tarballs.

   For information on how to build the modular tree packages see the
   [24]Modular Developer's Guide. This guide also contains information for
   developers who want to help improve the modular build system and modular
   code base.

  The current development tree

   The X source code for this and all releases/snapshots as well as
   development versions can also be accessed via the Freedesktop.org git
   repository. It's also possible to browse the [25]freedesktop git
   repository.

   To check out the latest development version, don't specify any tag.

                                 Reporting Bugs

   Bugs should be reported to freedesktop.org's [26]bug tracking system using
   the xorg component. Before reporting bugs, please check the server log
   file, which can be found at /var/log/Xorg.0.log on most platforms. If you
   can't resolve the problem yourself, send the entire log file with your bug
   report but not the operating system core dump. Do not edit the log file as
   our developers use it to reproduce and debug your problem. Please attach
   it to your bug report.

References

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   1. http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation
   2. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#What_is_X11R7.7
   3. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#Licensing
   4. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#Pointers_to_additional_information
   5. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#The_Public_Mailing_Lists
   6. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#Contributing_to_the_X.Org_Foundations_X_efforts.
   7. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#How_to_get_the_release
   8. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#X11R7.7
   9. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#The_current_development_tree
  10. file:///tmp/xmlto.ouJmFf/README.proc#Reporting_Bugs
  11. http://www.x.org/wiki/Membership
  12. http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
  13. http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
  14. mailto:xorg@lists.x.org
  15. http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
  16. http://www.x.org/
  17. http://wiki.x.org/
  18. http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgMailingLists
  19. http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo
  20. mailto:xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
  21. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
  22. http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
  23. http://wiki.x.org/
  24. http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide
  25. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/
  26. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
