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Newer page: version 2 Last edited on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:33:37 pm by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:32:11 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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-The older [Linux ] sound architecture, being phased out in favour of [ALSA]
+The [Open Sound System | http://www.opensound.com ] is a sound architecture and collection of audio drivers for Unix/Linux systems , written by 4Front Technologies
  
-[OSS ] is also a commercial system for audio drivers for Unix , written by 4Front Technologies (http: //www .opensound.com). There is a [GPL] implementation of the OSS libraries as well as drivers for many sound cards . (This is called OSS/Free and was originally contributed to by 4Front. Their website says " There is no affiliation between OSS/Free and OSS/Linux anymore except that they are both OSS compatible."). These [GPL]'d drivers are in the LinuxKernel (2.0 and later).  
+It exists in two incarnations, a full-featured commercial version and a [Free] one available under [GPL ], called OSS /Free . The [GPL]d drivers have been in the LinuxKernel since 2 .0 but are nowadays being phased out in favour of [ALSA]. They were originally contributed to by 4Front but then evolved independently . 4Front’s website says There is no affiliation between OSS/Free and OSS/Linux anymore except that they are both OSS compatible.  
  
-In [recent news | http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=32401], 4Front have announced that their version of OSS will be released under the [GPL] for [Linux] and [BSD] and the [CDDL] for [Solaris] 
+In [recent news | http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=32401], 4Front have announced that their version of OSS will be released under [GPL] for [Linux] and [BSD], and under [CDDL] for [Solaris].