Editing X.Org Foundation (section)

==Organization==
The X.Org Foundation was founded on 22 January 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://lwn.net/Articles/79302/ | title=X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7 | publisher=[[LWN.net]] | date=2004-04-07 | access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>

The modern X.Org Foundation came into being when the body that oversaw X standards and published the official reference implementation joined forces with former [[XFree86]] developers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coopersmith|first=Alan|title=The difference between Xorg and XFree86|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/the-difference-between-xorg-and-xfree86-v2|date=28 May 2004|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> The creation of the Foundation marked a radical change in the governance of X (see [[X Window System#History|the history of the X Window System]]). Whereas the stewards of X since 1988 (including the previous X.Org, part of [[The Open Group]]) had been vendor organizations, the Foundation is led by software developers and using community development on the [[The Cathedral and the Bazaar|bazaar model]], which relies on outside involvement. Membership is also open to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.

In 2005 the X.Org Foundation applied for 501(c)(3) non-profit status. In 2012, with the help of the [[Software Freedom Law Center]] (SFLC), the Foundation gained the status. In 2013, the Foundation lost the status because they did not fill a tax form (it had no income to declare and did not get any info from SFLC) and in the same year it regained the status, after clearing up the issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://who-t.blogspot.fr/2013/10/the-xorg-foundation-and-501c3-status.html |title=The X.Org Foundation and the 501(c)(3) status}}</ref> In 2016, the X.Org Foundation joined [[Software in the Public Interest]] (SPI)<ref name=Larabel2023/> who would manage the bureaucracy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/xorg_foundation/|title=State of the X.org foundation|website=archive.fosdem.org}}</ref>

According to an October 2018 article published by [[Phoronix]], [[freedesktop.org]] considered joining the X.Org Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeDesktop-org-Xorg-Forces|title=FreeDesktop.org Might Formally Join Forces with the X.Org Foundation}}</ref>{{when|date=September 2022}}

In 2023, The X.Org Foundation decided to join [[Software Freedom Conservancy]].<ref name=Larabel2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-SFC-Vote-Approved|title=X.Org Foundation To Become Part Of The SFC|author=Michael Larabel|date=2023-05-23}}</ref>