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		All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under <a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">Open Source</a> licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (<span class="commandname">flac</span> and <span class="commandname">metaflac</span>) are distributed under the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html">GPL</a>.  If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, <a href="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact Josh Coalson</a>.  (For more information, see the <a href="license.html">license page</a>.)
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				<b>Linux</b>
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					<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-linux-i386.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for RedHat 7.x</a></li>
					<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac&amp;searchon=names&amp;subword=1&amp;version=all&amp;release=all">FLAC 1.x Debian packages</a></li>
					<li>RPMs can be found on <a href="http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html">Planet CCRMA</a> and <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flac">rpmfind.net</a></li>
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				<b>Mac OS X</b>
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					<li><a href="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end</a> (source code not available)</li>
					<li><a href="http://software.emuscene.com/view.php?softid=10">FLACer</a> (source code not available)</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952">xACT with installer and GUI front-end</a> (source code included)</li>
					<li><a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</a> for use with <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</a></li>
					<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-osx-ppc.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for OS X (no installer)</a></li>
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				<b>Windows</b>
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					<li><a href="http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp">FLAC 1.1.2 for Windows with installer</a>. <b>NOTE: </b>Several virus scanners are reporting that FLAC contains a trojan; this is a FALSE POSITIVE.  For more info see <a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/index.php?id=2&amp;backPID=2&amp;tt_news=14">here</a>, <a href="http://servicenews.symantec.com/cgi-bin/displayArticle.cgi?article=29991&amp;group=symantec.support.generic.virus_corporate.general&amp;tpre=ent">here</a>, <a href="http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=164312">here</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-win.zip?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for Windows (tools only)</a></li>
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				<b>Other</b>
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					<li><a href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">FLAC package for Amiga</a></li>
					<li><a href="http://freeware.sgi.com/">FLAC packages for IRIX</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-sol2.7-sparc.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for Solaris 2.7</a></li>
					<li>Unofficial port of the <a href="http://arisme.free.fr/ports/flac.php">FLAC libraries to Windows CE (WinCE)</a></li>
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					<li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 full source code</a>; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)</li>
					<li><a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.bz2">Nightly CVS tarball</a>; this is the actual CVS repository used for development</li>
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					<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478">Older versions of FLAC</a> available from SourceForge</li>
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		<b>NOTE: </b> don't forget to check out the <a href="links.html">links page</a> for a list of other useful open-source software supporting FLAC.
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		<b>GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:</b>
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					<li><a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com/">dBpowerAMP</a>, a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/">Flacattack</a>: an all-in-one tool that works with ExactAudioCopy to encode a CD image to FLAC, embed the cuesheet, add ReplayGain, create lossy files, etc. all in a customizable directory structure.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html">FLACdrop</a>, an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/">oggdropXPd</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm">FLAC frontend</a>, a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile <a href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htm">Multi frontend</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/">Frontah</a>, a new frontend to many codecs, including FLAC.  Still in beta but has good reviews.</li>
					<li><a href="http://mareo.netfirms.com/">MAREO</a> is a "virtual" encoder that can be used with ExactAudioCopy to encode to multiple formats (including FLAC) at once while ripping.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.monkeysaudio.com/">Monkey's Audio</a> can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; <a href="documentation.html#monkey">here's how</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.unifront.boereck.de/">UniversalFront</a>, an encoding/decoding/transcoding GUI that is also scriptable.</li>
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				<b>Unix</b>
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					<li><a href="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</a> is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac.  See <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1634089&amp;forum_id=5443">this message</a> on how to configure Grip for FLAC.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">xmcd</a> is a CD ripper with CDDB support as well as a player.</li>
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				<b>Mac OS X</b>
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					<li><a href="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</a>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</li>
					<li><a href="http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/">RipBeak</a> is a nice GUI encoding frond-end that supports FLAC as well as Vorbis and MP3.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952">xACT</a>, another FLAC distribution with a graphical front-end to FLAC and other formats.</li>
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					<li><a href="http://www.burnatonce.com/">burnatonce</a>, a CD burning GUI that wraps around <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/">cdrdao</a> and <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/">mkisofs</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.burrrn.net/">Burrrn</a> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC, and supports most tag formats.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.cdwave.com/">CD Wave</a>, a CD authoring tool that can read and write FLAC.</li>
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					<li><a href="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</a>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</li>
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					<li><a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=20145">Cooledit FLAC filter</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac">CoreFLAC</a>: DirectShow filters for encoding to/decoding from FLAC.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">DirectShow filters</a> for encoding to/decoding from FLAC and Ogg FLAC (as well as Ogg Vorbis/Speex/Theora).</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/">Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin</a> and <a href="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/Encoding.htm">instructions</a> on how to encode to FLAC as well.  Source is also available.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.phsoft.nl/?id=flacplginf">Mp3CoolPlay-X FLAC plugin</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/">Nero FLAC plugin</a> allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe">QCD FLAC plugin</a>.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643">FLAC Winamp3 plugin</a> by Giacomo Margarito.</li>
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				<b>Java</b>
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					<li><a href="http://jflac.sourceforge.net/">jFLAC</a>: a Java native-FLAC decoder library and player application.</li>
					<li><a href="http://www.j-ogg.de/">J-Ogg</a>: Java libraries for Ogg decoding, including Ogg FLAC.</li>
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