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To: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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Subject: Re: When is the new sound code being committed? 
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:57:39 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Well, I've looked at that, and seen what looks suspiciously like a commercial
> project. I don't wish to pay for my formerly free sound code. I believe that 
> Amancio has been working on the drivers - does anyone know where they can be 
> ftp'd from?

1. It is a commercial project.

2. You don't have to pay for their "Lite" version, which still promises to
   be more capable than anything we have now.

The basic idea is that we create a *standard* for sound drivers which
folks like RealAudio or Xing Technologies can then target in their
application software (and, if done right, work across platforms if
general binary compatibility is also provided).  OSS wants this badly
enough that they're willing to release a version of OSS/Lite under
the BSD copyright, and we can use it free and clear.  If you want to
support every last feature of the latest and greatest sound cards,
you then look into buying the full OSS LKM, otherwise you just use
the free stuff.

Is any that less disturbing?  I think standards are pretty important
here, and they've already won the Linux and SCO markets.

					Jordan