Re: [Fonts] Invitation for public discussion about the future of X

Well essentially it is a managemnet issue and I don't think it would be fair 
to comment on the acivities of the core team members.

I think most of the subscribers to this mailing list are more interested in 
getting there technical issues resolved and I think by and large that has 
been happening.

So for most of us nothing changes.

-A



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>This is an invitation for anyone and everyone with an interest in X,
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>It has been brought to the attention of the XFree86 Core Team that one
>of its members, Keith Packard, has been actively (but privately) seeking
>out support for a fork of XFree86 that would be led by himself.  He is
>also in the process of forming a by-invitation-only group of vested
>interests to discuss privately concerns he has about XFree86 and the
>future of X.  He has consistently refused to even disclose these concerns
>within the context of the XFree86 Core Team, which makes his membership
>of that team unviable.  As a consequence, Keith Packard is no longer a
>member of the XFree86 Core Team.
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>The leaders of the XFree86 project feel that discussing the future of
>XFree86 and related technologies within a closed group of vested interests
>is contrary to the spirit of openness and community involvement that
>many of those vested interests claim to espouse.  Instead, the involvement
>of everyone in a truly open discussion is welcomed by The XFree86
>Project, and we invite everyone to express their thoughts, opinions and
>concerns freely in this open forum.  We look forward to hearing and
>responding to them.
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>Marc Evans
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>Jon Tombs
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