This will hopefully give us the freedom to be more pro-active in obtaining new video hardware, and enable us to release better products more quickly, as we will be able to go and get what we need, and get it into the hands of the people who can do the work. Our bylaws have been crafted in such a way to ensure that XFree86 is and always will be a free software project. There is no personal financial benefit to any member of the Core Team or any other XFree86 participant. Inc. It is hoped that by doing this, our corporation will be merely a formalization of what we have been doing in the past, rather than something entirely new. Instead we plan to increase the frequency of full public releases to about four releases per year.
End users have access to only the source of full public releases.
The main reason for this restriction is that our development code often contains code from other sources which cannot be released to the public immediately. Active developers must formally become non-voting members of the XFree86 Project, and have full access to our internal development source. Additionally, companies who contribute significantly to the development effort of XFree86 can be awarded commercial membership by the Core Team on a yearly bases. Binary packages for the OSs we support which are simply compiled from our internal source without significant added value are explicitly NOT allowed. Here is a list of the organizations and individuals who have provided sponsorship to The XFree86 Project, Inc, either by financial contribution or by the donation of equipment and resources.