Vorbis
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Vorbis is an audio codec developed by Xiph.org. It is an open-source lossy audio codec that anyone can use for free. The file extension is usually .ogg, but .oga is sometimes used to avoid confusion with Theora files.
Licensing
What licensing applies to the Ogg Vorbis format?
The Ogg Vorbis specification is in the public domain. It is completely free for commercial or noncommercial use. That means that commercial developers may independently write Ogg Vorbis software which is compatible with the specification for no charge and without restrictions of any kind. However, the software packages we have developed are available under various free/open-source software licenses with varying allowances and restrictions.
What licensing applies to the included Ogg Vorbis software?
Most (but not all) of our utility software is released under the terms of the GNU GPL. The libraries and SDKs are released under our BSD-like license.
Note that developers are still free to use the specification to write implementations of Ogg Vorbis licensed under other terms.
Local Download
- libvorbis 1.3.5
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Libvorbis-1.3.5.tar.xz