Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:57:39 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When is the new sound code being committed? Message-ID: <29440.844937859@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Oct 1996 15:58:00 %2B1000." <199610100558.FAA21242@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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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
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