Is the vinyl LP an open music format? (Opensource.com)

Chris Hermansen looks at an early open music format-vinyl LP records-over at Opensource.com. He goes into some of the details of the format and how it is read, as well as a bit about ripping records using Linux. "Ok, so we just figured out that our stylus puts 136 times as much pressure on our records as our car puts on the pavement? That's crazy!!! Why doesn't the stylus completely destroy the record? Those alternate-Earth physicists and engineers are rolling on the floor now, clutching their bellies and gasping for breath... but here is the final straw. Despite the seemingly ridiculous or even impossible nature of the whole ensemble of components, a well-recorded vinyl LP played back with a decent turntable, tonearm, and cartridge sounds wonderful."