All source code and binaries are distributed under open-source licenses. The libraries are distributed under the <AHREF="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html">LGPL</A>, and the plugins and command-line utilites (<B><TT>flac</TT></B> and <B><TT>metaflac</TT></B>) are distributed under the <AHREF="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html">GPL</A>. If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, <AHREF="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact me</A>.
Releases are first made through SourceForge and can be found <AHREF="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 <AHREF="http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/files/flacbundle.zip">version on RareWares</A> to work.
RPMs can be found on <AHREF="http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html">Planet CCRMA</A> and <AHREF="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flac">rpmfind.net</A>.
Debian packages can be found <AHREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac+libflac+1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all">here</A>.
Mac OS X users, be sure to check out <AHREF="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 <AHREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</A>, you can try the <AHREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</A>.
<LI><AHREF="http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/lossless.html">FLACdrop</A>, an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile <AHREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/">oggdropXPd</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm">FLAC frontend</A>, a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile <AHREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htm">Multi frontend</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.monkeysaudio.com/">Monkey's Audio</A> can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; <AHREF="documentation.html#monkey">here's how</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</A> is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac. See <AHREF="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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<B>Mac OS X</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="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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<B>CD burning:</B>
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<B>Windows</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://www.burnatonce.com/">burnatonce</A>, a CD burning GUI that wraps around <AHREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/">cdrdao</A> and <AHREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/">mkisofs</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.apehaus.com/burrrn/">Burrrn</A> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
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<B>Unix</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="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>
