Many different programs support FLAC.  If you are not sure what to download, see 
Using FLAC for instructions and guides on playing FLAC files, ripping CDs to FLAC, etc.
		
		This section is for the 
official FLAC tools.  See the 
extras section below for other third-party tools.
		
		All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under 
Open Source licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (
flac and 
metaflac) are distributed under the 
GPL.  If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, 
contact Josh Coalson.  (For more information, see the 
license page.)
		
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					- FLAC full source code; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)
- Nightly CVS tarball; this is the actual CVS repository used for development
 
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				Older versions