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linux商业声卡驱动OSS V4.0 已经完全开放源代码

发布时间:2007-10-17 16:16:59来源:红联作者:satisfy

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4FRONT TECHNOLOGIES RELEASES THE SOURCE CODE FOR OPEN SOUND SYSTEM

CULVER CITY, CA, June 14, 2007: 4Front Technologies is proud to announce

the release of the source code to Open Sound System (OSS) v4.0. The software

currently runs on Linux, Solaris., SCO UnixWare. and FreeBSD platforms.

OSS is a cross platform API that provides drivers for most consumer and

professional audio devices for UNIX？ and POSIX based operating systems,

including Linux. Owing to its open architecture, applications developed on

one supporting operating system platform can be easily recompiled on any other

platform.

Licensing Models:

Open Sound System is now available under 3 licenses:

o GNU Public License (GPL) version 2

o Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) for all operating

systems that have full source code available under the BSD or CDDL

licenses.

o 4Front.s commercial license for using Open Sound incompatible with

open source licenses listed above. Commercial licenses are also

available for entities not wishing to use Open Sound System under any

of the above open source licenses

What is being open sourced?

The source code includes drivers for most consumer PCI and USB audio devices

and operating system support, including binary package generation and sample

test programs. Complete documentation and API specification is also being made

available to the open source community.

A device driver kit (DDK) is also available for developers to implement cross

platform device drivers for audio hardware. This eliminates lot of redundant

work that has traditionally been required to support any hardware under multiple

Unix/POSIX operating systems.

Reasons for going Open Source:

OSS has been an open API specification with multiple implementations by

independent developer communities. This has caused problems for application

designers because there are minor differences between the implementations. The

new open source community development model makes it possible to replace the

obsolete and incompatible vendor specific sound subsystems and OSS

implementations with a state-of-the-art implementation developed by 4Front

Technologies. The goal has always been to standardize audio under POSIX

compliant systems and this includes real time operating systems and embedded

systems as well.

"We are open sourcing OSS because this provides a great opportunity for

different communities to work together to provide wider audio hardware support

for all operating systems." said Hannu Savolainen, CTO and chief architect of

Open Sound System.

Industry Reaction:

"It's great to see 4Front releasing OSS under the Common Development and

Distribution License (CDDL). It's something the OpenSolaris.community welcomes,

and it provides an opportunity to improve sound support for all OpenSolaris

distributions," says Stephen Lau, OpenSolaris board member.

"Fluendo is excited to see the open source release of 4Front Technologies

advanced OSS implementation for UNIX？ and Linux. Getting a unified and advanced

sound system across all major UNIX？ and Linux variants will be a big advantage

for developers. We look forward to working together with 4Front Technologies to

make sure the GStreamer multimedia framework and the Open Sound System

integrates perfectly with each other", says Fluendo Business Development

Manager Christian F.K. Schaller.

"With a long history of successful collaboration with 4Front, Creative looks

forward to working with the Open Sound System community in ensuring that

Creative Sound Blaster Live! and Sound Blaster Audigy sound cards have stable

and well-supported drivers on Linux, Solaris and BSD. The open source release

of Open Sound certainly helps our goal in providing cross-platform support for

our products," said George Thorn, director of digital media relations for

Creative Labs.

Community Portal :

A new web site with source code, API specs and forums for the developer

community has been opened at http://developer.opensound.com. For more

information and to download the binary distributions of Open Sound System,

visit 4Front's WWW site at http://www.opensound.com.

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UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries,

exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.

Sun, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems and The Network Is The Computer are

trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United

States and other countries.

Open Sound System is a trademark of 4Front Technologies.

Copyright (C) 1996-2007, 4Front Technologies, All Rights Reserved.

Contact: Dev Mazumdar

4Front Technologies

4035 Lafayette Place, Unit F

Culver City, CA 90232

USA.

Tel: (310) 202 8530 E-mail: info@opensound.com

Fax: (310) 202 0486 Web: http://www.opensound.com