RE: license discussions
"Dr. Rich Murphey" <[email protected]>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Gettys > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [forum] license discussions > > On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 16:29, Dr. Rich Murphey wrote: > > > > It's chaired by Sun Microsystems and governed primarily by > full time > > staff of vendors. > > > > You are out of touch, Rich. In January, a replacement open > membership organization was announced that is in the process > of replacing it. Anyone who contributes to X may join, at no > cost. It is organized fundamentally differently that its predecessor. As it stands, the organizational documents were drafted by the group I mentioned. Given the behind the scenes manipulation by vendors in the past (such as buying people off with contracts or employment) I'm not holding my breath. By the way, I'm sure Keith felt great when X.org was gloating about having HP put him on a leash after he announced freedesktop.org and stole the thunder from X.org. They day you guys are totally independent and free of vendor influence will be a cold day in heck. > Elections for the first board should take place in June. > > The current interim board of directors are: > > Stuart Anderson (Free Standards Group), Egbert Eich (SUSE), > Jim Gettys (HP), Georg Greve (Free Software Foundation > Europe), Alan Hourihane (Consultant), Stuart Kreitman (SUN), > Kevin Martin (Red Hat), Jim McQuillan (Linux Terminal Server > Project), Leon Shiman (Shiman > Associates) and Jeremy White (Code Weavers). > > - Jim > > > -- > Jim Gettys <[email protected]> > HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum > > >