Any news on opening up the Apple Lossless format?

Hi!
I am wondering if anyone can share some info regarding the "opening up" of the Apple Lossless format. Since this format is not open, it is not natively supported by the latest brand of multi channel receivers that now can decode a lot of audio formats - just not the Apple lossless format...
When will the specs be published, so that receiver vendors like Denon will be able to create native decoding support for the format?
Thanks in advance,
Vidar Moe ([email protected])

*When will the specs be published*
They have been published for a long time. It's a licensed product though, not open.
Denon could very easily incorporate this into their products if they chose to do so.
Many other vendors (Sonos, Slim Devices Squeezebox & Transporte to name a few) use it.

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