> I already said: > >>and implementing client and compositor support for it. It's exactly the same as X. Not quite the same. X11 (notably the xfree86 project w

> I already said: > >>and implementing client and compositor support for it. It's exactly the same as X. Not quite the same. X11 (notably the xfree86 project which maintained things for the last decade or so), was always quite free-wheeling about allowing things. They subscribed to something similar to the linux kernels approach of "mechanism, not policy". No, I don't think there is any conspiracy. Nor do I think they are bad people. Nor do I think the whole thing is over-engineered. It's mostly pretty impressive.