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Somebody linked this on Reddit: https://github.com/binaergewitter/audiocity https://github.com/binaergewitter/audiocity > Audacity fork without any non-free so

Somebody linked this on Reddit: https://github.com/binaergewitter/audiocity https://github.com/binaergewitter/audiocity > Audacity fork without any non-free software or telemetry, as all GPL software should.

badlogic 5y ago
The author has only changed the license text and README. No changes to the code base have been made. The networking capabilities of Audacity seem to be disabled by default anyways when building from source.
- em-bee 5y ago
  that's good enough for me. someone who makes sure that this network stuff is never activated without my knowledge. as a linux user, i expect my distribution to take care of that, but for others it's good to promote a publicly available branch that safeguards our privacy
- bbarnett 5y ago
  You don't write networking code, just for kicks and giggles. The new Audacity owners (named elsewhere) are moving in a certain direction. A potentially unpleasant one. We should be doing as this post is, keeping an eye on each strange/potentially nefarious change made.
gizdan 5y ago
The issue with these kinds of forks is that it'll eventually lose steam and no one will maintain it any more, or they'll fall far behind. In this case, the person has forked it, and is already lost interest as per the read me. On top of that, it's some 200+ commits behind.
- Bancakes 5y ago
  Audacity is a simple program and needs no updates.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    As a frequent user: Audacity is anything but simple.
  - selfhoster11 5y ago
    I disagree. You likely want to evolve the plugin API over time to let people implement more effects, you need to update to keep up with the preferred audio API for each platform (Windows, Linux and Mac each have at least one), and you need to support new input/output formats. Without that, Audacity will be we useful as any abandonware application - likely works, but will limit the way of working in the modern world.
moron4hire 5y ago
That's some weird wording. What non-free software was in Audacity? Also, the GPL says nothing about telemetry.

badlogic 5y ago

The author has only changed the license text and README. No changes to the code base have been made. The networking capabilities of Audacity seem to be disabled by default anyways when building from source.

em-bee 5y ago
that's good enough for me. someone who makes sure that this network stuff is never activated without my knowledge. as a linux user, i expect my distribution to take care of that, but for others it's good to promote a publicly available branch that safeguards our privacy
bbarnett 5y ago
You don't write networking code, just for kicks and giggles. The new Audacity owners (named elsewhere) are moving in a certain direction. A potentially unpleasant one. We should be doing as this post is, keeping an eye on each strange/potentially nefarious change made.

gizdan 5y ago

The issue with these kinds of forks is that it'll eventually lose steam and no one will maintain it any more, or they'll fall far behind. In this case, the person has forked it, and is already lost interest as per the read me. On top of that, it's some 200+ commits behind.

Bancakes 5y ago
Audacity is a simple program and needs no updates.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  As a frequent user: Audacity is anything but simple.
- selfhoster11 5y ago
  I disagree. You likely want to evolve the plugin API over time to let people implement more effects, you need to update to keep up with the preferred audio API for each platform (Windows, Linux and Mac each have at least one), and you need to support new input/output formats. Without that, Audacity will be we useful as any abandonware application - likely works, but will limit the way of working in the modern world.

moron4hire 5y ago

That's some weird wording. What non-free software was in Audacity? Also, the GPL says nothing about telemetry.