Well, I was wrong. The QT file format is at
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/FileFormatSpecification-d
ate.html

At 20.55 13/09/04 +1000, you wrote:
>
>GPL isn't the only definition of an "open standard", but I'd agree --
>QuickTime specs for the latest codecs aren't made freely available by
>Apple!  Projects like MPlayer and Xine (at least, I think they've
>developed their own, and haven't used prior work...) have reverse
>engineered implementations of the codec, but I very much doubt Apple are
>handing them the format on a platter and saying "Here you go, compete."
>
>Not that Apple are competing at all on a GNU/Linux platform... but
>that's a COMPLETELY irrelevant rant.
>

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