                               README for X11R7.2

                     Abstract
                     X11R7.2 is an Open Source versions of
                     the X Window System that supports
                     many UNIX(R) and UNIX-like operating
                     systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD,
                     NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris x86) on
                     Intel and other platforms. This
                     version is compatible with X11R7.1
                     and other X window system
                     implementations which support the X11
                     standard.

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   Table of Contents

   [1]What is X11R7.2?

   [2]Licensing

   [3]Pointers to additional information

   [4]The Public Mailing Lists

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

   [6]How to get the release

   [7]Reporting Bugs

What is X11R7.2?

   X11R7.2 is the second release in the X11R7 series. Tarballs for packages
   that have had updates since the 7.1 release are included in this release.
   To build this release, you will first need to get the packages from
   X11R7.1 and then add the new packages from X11R7.2 to them.

   The 7.2 version is a new minor release that includes additional hardware
   support, functional enhancements and bug fixes. Specific release
   enhancements can be viewed in the [8]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 [9]Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with
   X11R7.2, 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
   [10]membership application. The X11R7.2 codebase forms the sixth full X
   Window System release since the formation of the X.Org Foundation and
   includes code from the X Consortium, the Open Group and the XFree86(TM)
   project. This release is dedicated to the greater X community, developers
   and users alike.

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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
   [11]Open Source Definition, and most are consistent with the Free Software
   Foundation's [12]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 [13]License
   Document. If you find any omissions in that document, please contact us
   with details at <[14]xf_board@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.

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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 [17]Versions Document.

   Additional information may be available at the [18]X.Org Foundation Wiki.

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The Public Mailing Lists

   Current information about the X.Org Foundation public mailing lists is
   available on [19]the X.Org mailing list page and related desktop
   technology mailing lists can be found on [20]Freedesktop.org's mailing
   list page.

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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 to <[21]xorg@lists.freedesktop.org> or to our [22]bug
   tracking system using the xorg component. This will help ensure that they
   are included in future releases.

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How to get the release

   Information about X11R7.2 can be found from the [23]X.Org Foundation wiki,
   and at mirrors of this server.

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  X11R7.2

   This is the second 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 X11R7.2 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.

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  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 CVS
   repository. It's also possible to browse the [25]freedesktop CVS
   repository. The CVS tag for the 7.2 version is "XORG-7_2".

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

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Reporting Bugs

   Bugs should be reported to [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.

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  10. http://www.x.org/XOrg_Foundation_Membership.html
  11. http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
  12. http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
  13. file:///tmp/LICENSE.html
  14. mailto:xf_board@x.org
  15. http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
  16. http://www.x.org/
  17. file:///tmp/Versions.html
  18. http://wiki.x.org/
  19. http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/
  20. http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo
  21. mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org
  22. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
  23. http://wiki.x.org/
  24. http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide
  25. http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/
  26. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
