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+==========
+FLAC - 0.2
+==========
+
+This is the source release for the FLAC project. The
+reference encoder/decoder library 'libFLAC' is released
+under the LGPL (see COPYING.LGPL). This means the code
+in include/FLAC/ and src/libFLAC/. All other code is
+covered by the GPL (see COPYING.GPL). See
+
+ doc/index.html
+
+for full documentation.
+
+A brief description of the directory tree:
+
+ build/ makefile templates for building
+ doc/ the HTML documentation
+ include/ public include files for libFLAC
+ obj/ the compiled libraries and executables will
+ end up here
+ src/ the source code and private headers
+ test/ the test scripts
+
+
+=============================
+Building in a GNU environment
+=============================
+
+All files called 'Makefile' are GNUmake files. To build all
+libraries and programs, just 'make all' from the top-level
+directory. To run the tests, just 'make test'.
+
+Everything can be built in either debug or release mode.
+See the Makefiles for details.
+
+
+==================
+Building with MSVC
+==================
+
+There is no overall make system for MSVC but the individual
+source directories with a 'Makefile.vc' file in them allow
+building with MSVC. Just 'nmake /f Makefile.vc'.