FLAC [SEP] license
FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding or decoding methods are covered by any patent. The reference implementation is free software. The source code for libFLAC and libFLAC++ is available under the BSD license, and the sources for codice_1, codice_2, and the plugins are available under the GNU General Public License.
In its stated goals, the FLAC project encourages its developers not to implement copy prevention features (DRM) of any kind.
Design.
Audio sources encoded to FLAC are typically reduced to 50–70% of their
or more with Monkey's Audio) FLAC has largely eclipsed it as the preferred format for commercial distribution of lossless audio.
Although Monkey's Audio is distributed as freeware, the source code includes license terms that prevent most Linux distributions and other free software projects from including it. In contrast, FLAC has only open source licenses, so it comes pre-installed with most Linux distributions, is preferred by Linux users, and enjoys broad support in applications.
Supported platforms.
Officially, Monkey's Audio is available only