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"A Political History of X" - Keith Packard (LCA 2020)
linux.conf.au
Keith Packard traces the 35-year history of the X Window System at linux.conf.au 2020. He uses X to examine licensing, corporate interests and community dynamics in free software, including Unix workstation vendors and Stallman's influence.
HN commenters recommend it as the authoritative, firsthand account of how X came to be and why it isn't GPL.
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