(1) Apple Lossless, not AAC. Apple is not open-sourcing their AAC decoder, which is part of QuickTime.
(2) The Apache license grants a royalty-free patent license.
(1) Apple Lossless, not AAC. Apple is not open-sourcing their AAC decoder, which is part of QuickTime.
(2) The Apache license grants a royalty-free patent license.