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> It was renamed XFree86, as a pun. Then was renamed Xorg. It wasn't simply renamed Xorg, that's yet another fork after XFree86 development became stagnant and
by pengaru 5y ago
> It was renamed XFree86, as a pun. Then was renamed Xorg.
It wasn't simply renamed Xorg, that's yet another fork after XFree86 development became stagnant and the license changed to something GPL-incompatible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86#2002:_Growing_dissent_within_the_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86#2002:_Growing_dissent_...