Audiophiles: ALAC is Now Open Source

[FanIn80]

100% open source, published under the 2.0 Apache License.

http://alac.macosforge.org

[Mtt48]

Too late. FLAC is already the unofficial lossless standard. I just cannot see people extensively using this format.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by Mtt48

Too late. FLAC is already the unofficial lossless standard. I just cannot see people extensively using this format.

Too late for what? They're not trying to corner the market on lossless; they barely have a horse in the race. Having available source code enriches the ecosystem, its not going to take away from it.