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diff --git a/audio/flac/DESCR b/audio/flac/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a85841e0d22 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/flac/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is +similar to MP3, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of: + * the stream format + * libFLAC, which implements reference encoders and decoders + * flac, a command-line wrapper around libFLAC to encode and decode .flac + files + * input plugins for various music players (Winamp, XMMS, and more in the + works) + +"Free" means that the specification of the stream format is in the public +domain (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification +and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the +implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any patent. It also +means that the source for libFLAC is available under the LGPL and the +sources for flac and the plugins are available under the GPL. |