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README.md: update due recent events of Redhat's censorship 

Add update on recent censorship by Redhat employees on freedesktop.org.

Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
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@ -5,15 +5,27 @@ Xlibre project's fork of the Xorg xserver, with lots of code cleanups
and enhanced functionality. and enhanced functionality.
That fork was necessary since toxic elements within Xorg projects, moles That fork was necessary since toxic elements within Xorg projects, moles
from certian big corp are boycotting any substantial work on Xorg, in order from BigTech, are boycotting any substantial work on Xorg, in order to
to destroy the project, to elimitate competition of their own products. destroy the project, to elimitate competition of their own products.
(classic "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics) Classic "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics.
Right after first journalists began covering the planned fork Xlibre,
on June 6th 2025, Redhat employees started a purge on the Xlibre founder's
gitlab account on freedesktop.org: deleted the git repo, tickets, merge
requests, etc, and so fired the shot that the whole world heared.
This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or any This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or any
of their subsidiaries or tax evasion tools, nor any political activists of their subsidiaries or tax evasion tools, nor any political activists
groups, state actors, etc. It's explicitly free of any "DEI" or similar groups, state actors, etc. It's explicitly free of any "DEI" or similar
discriminatory policies. Anybody who's treating others nicely is welcomed. discriminatory policies. Anybody who's treating others nicely is welcomed.
It doesn't matter which country you're coming from, your politicial views,
your race, your sex, your age, your food menu, whether you wear boots or
heels, whether you're furry or fairy, Conan or McKay, comic character, a
small furry creature from Alpha Centauri, or just an boring average person.
Anybody's welcomed, who's interested in bringing X forward.
Together we'll make X great again!
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* Proprietary NVidia drivers might break: they still haven't managed to do * Proprietary NVidia drivers might break: they still haven't managed to do
do even simple cleanups to catch up with Xorg master for about a year. do even simple cleanups to catch up with Xorg master for about a year.
All attempts to get into direct contact have failed. We're trying to work All attempts to get into direct mail contact have failed. We're trying to
around this, but cannot give any guarantees. work around this, but cannot give any guarantees.
* Most xorg drivers should run as-is (need recompile!), with some exceptions. * Most xorg drivers should run as-is (need recompile!), with some exceptions.
See .gitlab-ci.yml for the versions/branches built along w/ Xlibre. See .gitlab-ci.yml for the versions/branches built along w/ Xlibre.