From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7831 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2022 18:16:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Dec 2022 18:16:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD4441701; Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:15:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.21]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFE3B40F13 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:15:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A69063200344 for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:15:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:15:31 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ngelo.eu; h=cc :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:date:from:from :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1671992131; x=1672078531; bh=RKm5YQ44V7 xPEX+lUlxrzWGvzhQrgy6MT6N/nsw1OKQ=; b=KYUW54wNU98jqOpXXdaHB+df7O hmYdEJF67R0D0UMAR62k1WKG7hcPICIcvPpjzucihJkFnTcraHehkvYfOqB99eQ6 YC61wArOvdw/XfuBJx03Z20hkxPiuYKDCZevkHnbq3FeFDZXLap1ocmyMq8xarIh ro7saiI12Ans9F5//pxvnbHLBeBUpVEFSyhbnKGDD6IPZjR3Y/zeTo6OicShCkoK EGSG9COUogxqZYsLmBtX08DzsO/stWs64TYwBz8gvK2nqx4EFJnWN6b7gNpoWluN NSm51oOSS+0gFNjzujlrD33cUHKz+ZJfXsNa6xTgb6fUf6YKDuVkMrqJ8BZA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to :x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm2; t=1671992131; x=1672078531; bh=RKm5YQ44V7xPEX+lUlxrzWGvzhQr gy6MT6N/nsw1OKQ=; b=gFLlhreA5YjgDm1wsMNEJLFy/htNnXWhBWMB7fQss8Cx RIsHMk53++xfqoAVwHfPSmTqt0flvs4oic7Av2xgJu4y526dmkLVStg+Py8T7uP7 8p96moVXFxFtF6zA6mVlF0htBoF1MA3tVuInxYjhw5J8kW1bCjIuNCydXyX9yQir 2nAb4k2IIqL7JAzCVLPfhw37JBAzRCFmfwx29duIQhSyPg9il7Gxl8e5b4o6xHt+ uhoyAQXlzwIHg92UE2lg3PZjFecgZEtXwKkSZUL1I1ZC7XJrxouIjkzRyPARC3Oh PAWSrYjMiB21JJay9c+FhWqEOA61vXH4NyQdAXadUg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrheeigdduuddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefhtgfgggfukfffvffosehtqhhmtd hhtdejnecuhfhrohhmpefoihgthhgvlhgrnhhgvghlohcuffgvucfuihhmohhnvgcuoehm ihgthhgvlhesnhhgvghlohdrvghuqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeejueejteffledtie etleffieejieeitefffefgueekteelvdfhtdetvefhudejueenucffohhmrghinhepgidu udgtphdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehmihgthhgvlhesnhhgvghlohdrvghu X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i3be840f5:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:15:30 -0500 (EST) From: Michelangelo De Simone Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.300.101.1.3\)) Message-Id: <9E95A884-6101-4545-8638-CC1D0C94DEB9@ngelo.eu> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:15:19 -0800 To: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.300.101.1.3) Message-ID-Hash: JNVCLSE6R7RDNEUZAX7KQPI2SECKSBZY X-Message-ID-Hash: JNVCLSE6R7RDNEUZAX7KQPI2SECKSBZY X-MailFrom: michel@ngelo.eu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] X11 Conservancy Project List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: =46rom [1]: The X11 Conservancy Project (X11CP) pulls together the disparate set of = programs which were being written between the very late 80s, and early = 90s -- usually for Unix and Linux. =E2=80=A6snip=E2=80=A6 As the Internet expanded and Linux distributions became established, = certain FTP sites were largely used to host some of the more established = programs, as well as those found in the LSM. =E2=80=A6snip=E2=80=A6 But the early dawn of free software, especially around applications = written for X11, using Motif and XT and other widget libraries has now = mostly been consigned to obscurity. With X11 itself now under threat of no longer being developed in favour = of Wayland, these applications are going to be harder to run and be = discovered. Hence, the X11CP is designed to be a central place for hosting the = sources of these applications, and to showcase their unique history and = properties. In keeping this software active, it will help keep an = important historical point alive. [1] https://x11cp.org/ =E2=80=94 Michelangelo