▁G rac en ote ▁wanted ▁to ▁force ▁program mers ▁to ▁switch ▁to ▁CD DB 2 ▁( a ▁new ▁version ▁in compatible ▁with ▁CD DB 1 ▁and ▁hence ▁with ▁fre ed b ). ▁The ▁license ▁change ▁motiv ated ▁the ▁fre ed b ▁project , ▁which ▁is ▁intended ▁to ▁remain ▁free . ▁ ▁fre ed b ▁is ▁used ▁primarily ▁by ▁media ▁players , ▁catalog u ers , ▁audio ▁tag gers ▁and ▁CD ▁ri pper ▁software . ▁As ▁of ▁version ▁ 6 ▁of ▁the ▁fre ed b ▁protocol , ▁fre ed b ▁accepts ▁and ▁returns ▁UTF - 8 ▁data . ▁ ▁Mag ix ▁acquired ▁fre ed b ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Music Brainz ▁– ▁a ▁project ▁with ▁similar ▁goals ▁– ▁released ▁a ▁fre ed b ▁gateway ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁allowing ▁users ▁to ▁har vest ▁information ▁from ▁the ▁Music Brainz ▁database ▁rather ▁than ▁fre ed b . ▁ ▁fre ed b . org ▁and ▁its ▁services ▁will ▁be ▁shut ▁down ▁on ▁March ▁ 3 1 ▁of ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁Client ▁software ▁ ▁Further ▁fre ed b ▁aware ▁applications ▁include : ▁▁ ▁As under ▁ ▁A udi og rab ber ▁ ▁CD ex ▁ ▁c dr da o ▁ ▁Ex act ▁Audio ▁Copy ▁ ▁fo obar 2 0 0 0 ▁ ▁fre : ac ▁ ▁G rip ▁ ▁Jet Audio ▁ ▁M p 3 tag ▁ ▁Media Mon key ▁ ▁p ud d let ag ▁ ▁Qu od ▁Lib et ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of