FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4FRONT TECHNOLOGIES RELEASES THE SOURCE CODE FOR OPEN SOUND SYSTEM CULVER CITY, CA, January 4, 2008: 4Front Technologies is proud to announce the release of the source code to Open Sound System (OSS) v4.0 under the BSD license for FreeBSD and other BSD compliant operating systems. 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. Open Sound System is also available for Linux under the GPLv2 license and OpenSolaris under the CDDL license. It is also available for commercial and proprietary operating systems under the 4Front commercial license. 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. 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. --- xxx --- All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. Linux is a registered trademark held by Linus Torvalds. 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) 1996-2008, 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