Editing XFree86 (section)

=== 2003: The fork and the disbanding of the Core Team ===

In March 2003, the Core Team claimed that Packard had been trying to fork the XFree86 project by working inside the project while trying to attract core developers to a new X Server project of his own making. Packard denied this had been his aim, but some emails were provided as evidence otherwise.<ref>[http://xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/000128.html (forum) Some perspective from the cheap seats ...] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040228213700/http://xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/000128.html |date=February 28, 2004 }}, By David Wexelblat, March 20, 2003</ref> Keith Packard was subsequently expelled from the Core Team.<ref>[http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/001997.html (forum) Invitation for public discussion about the future of X] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212013104/http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/001997.html |date=February 12, 2005 }}, By XFree86 BOD, 20 Mar 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/002165.html (forum) A Call For Open Governance Of X Development] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212012809/http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-March/002165.html |date=February 12, 2005 }}, By Keith Packard, 21 Mar 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-April/003016.html (forum) Notes from a teleconference held 2003-3-27] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212013506/http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2003-April/003016.html |date=February 12, 2005 }}, By Keith Packard, 03 Apr 2003</ref>

A short time later, Packard created xwin.org, which mainly served as a meeting point for cultivating the XFree86 fork.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031012063438/http://xwin.org/index.php?page=1 (Archived) XWin front page], By Keith Packard and others, 11 Apr 2003</ref> The rest of the year, many of the developers that were still active at XFree86 went over to the project that was being set up at the [[freedesktop.org]] and [[X.org Foundation|X.org]] domains.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040128225716/http://www.xwin.org/bin/view/Software/xorg (Archived) X.org software page at xwin.org], by Kaleb Keithley, 18 Nov 2003</ref>

By the end of the year, due to dwindling active membership and limited remaining development capacity, the XFree86 Core Team voted to disband itself.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/devel%40xfree86.org/msg04639.html (devel) Core Team disbands], By David Dawes, 30 Dec 2003</ref>