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The Xiph.Org Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization1 dedicated to producing free multimedia formats and tools. Their primary focus is on the Ogg family of formats, the most successful of which has been Vorbis, an open and patent-free audio format and codec designed to compete with the patented MP3 and AAC. Current development work is focusing on Theora, an open and patent-free video format and codec designed to compete with the patented MPEG-4, RealVideo, and Windows Media Video.
In addition to its in-house development work, the Foundation has also brought several already-existing but complementary free software projects under its aegis, most of which have a separate, active group of developers. Among these are Speex, an audio codec designed for speech, and FLAC, a lossless audio codec.
The Xiph.Org Foundation was founded by Chris Montgomery, creator of the Ogg container format. The name "Xiph" is a shortening of the original company name, Xiphophorus, named after the common swordtail, Xiphophorus hellerii.2
The projects by Xiph.Org are listed by the Free Software Foundation as High Priority Free Software Projects.3
Xiph.Org Foundation projects
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- ^ "Fundraising". Xiph.org. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
- ^ "naming". Xiph.org. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
- ^ "High Priority Free Software Projects". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
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