Re: mission statement

[David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.Org>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 12:35:06AM +0100, Torgeir Veimo wrote:
>I just read the XFree86Project Mission Statement.
>
>I'm curious about a few things;
>
>The statement states one of the project goals as "Protecting,
>preserving, promoting and extending code stability, quality, design and
>architectural direction", but does not state what architectural
>directions are being taken. 

This is listed as one of the core team's responsibilities, not as
one of the Project's goals.

>Someone have stated interest in this forum in "advancing the state of
>opensource graphical desktop enviroments". Is this not part of XFree86's
>mission? 
>
>>From the statement I get the impression that XFree86 seeks only to
>provide the best free implementation of whatever makes up the X
>Windowing System, and that it won't pursure extending / enhancing /
>evolving what makes up the X Windowing System. Does the XFree86 project
>intend to leave that to others?
>
>-- 
>Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>

I believe your question is already answered in part 1, specifically
the part that says "by enhancing and extending it [the X Window
System] to meet the needs of new hardware and software platforms."

If you have any further questions about the XFree86 mission statement,
please feel free to ask.

  http://www.xfree86.org/mission.html

David
-- 
David Dawes
Founder/committer/developer                     The XFree86 Project
www.XFree86.org/~dawes
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