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  81                 All source code and binaries are distributed under open-source licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.Org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (<B><TT>flac</TT></B> and <B><TT>metaflac</TT></B>) 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 me</A>.
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  84                 Releases are first made through SourceForge and can be found <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478">here</A>.  For each version there is a source release and binary releases for Linux, Windows, Solaris, and Darwin (includes OS X).  <B>Winamp 3 note:</B> the FLAC plugin for Winamp 3 is currently broken but you may have luck getting the <A HREF="http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/files/flacbundle.zip">version on RareWares</A> to work.
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  87                 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>.
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  90                 Debian packages can be found <A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac+libflac+1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all">here</A>.
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  93                 Mac OS X users, be sure to check out <A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution specifically for OS X, including a .pkg installer and GUI front-end.  Or, if you use <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</A>, you can try the <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</A>.
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  96                 IRIX users can find FLAC packages <A HREF="http://freeware.sgi.com/">here</A>.
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  99                 Amiga users can find a pre-compiled FLAC package <A HREF="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">here</A>.
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 102                 You can also get the nightly CVS tarball <A HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.gz">here</A>.
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 124                 <B>GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:</B>
 125         <P>
 126         <UL>
 127                 <LI>
 128                         <B>Windows</B>
 129                         <UL>
 130                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dbpoweramp.com/">dBpowerAMP</A>, a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
 131                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/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>
 132                                 <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>
 133                                 <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>
 134                                 <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>
 135                         </UL>
 136                 </LI>
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 138                         <B>Unix</B>
 139                         <UL>
 140                                 <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&forum_id=5443">this message</A> on how to configure Grip for FLAC.</LI>
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 144                         <B>Mac OS X</B>
 145                         <UL>
 146                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
 147                                 <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>
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 154                 <B>CD burning:</B>
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 158                         <B>Windows</B>
 159                         <UL>
 160                                 <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>
 161                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.apehaus.com/burrrn/">Burrrn</A> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
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 165                         <B>Unix</B>
 166                         <UL>
 167                                 <LI><A HREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</LI>
 168                         </UL>
 169                 </LI>
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 174                 <B>Third-party plugins:</B>
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 178                         <B>Windows</B>
 179                         <UL>
 180                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/files/cool_flac.zip">Cooledit FLAC filter</A> (source code <A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/cool_flac_src.zip">here</A>).</LI>
 181                                 <LI><A HREF="http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/">Nero FLAC plugin</A> allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.</LI>
 182                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe">QCD FLAC plugin</A>.</LI>
 183                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.winamp.com/components3/reviews.jhtml?rOT=C&rOI=131644">Winamp3 FLAC plugin</A> by another author; try it if the one that comes with the FLAC distribution doesn't work for you.</LI>
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