Then on May 25th another Github Discussion was started 3, again by user workedintheory, where it requires anyone wishing to send a pull request to the original source code to agree on giving them unlimited and unrestricted rights to own the modified lines of code.
It was decided that data collected from error reporting and update checks would be self-hosted, taking Google and Yandex analytics out of the equation. After the backlash they Published another Github Post on May 13th 2 where they attempted to discuss reasoning and decisions for telemetry, which meant dropping the previously discussed telemetry features. Originally on May 4th they planned on Using Google and Yandex for Telemetry 1 has been cause for concern from the Open Source, Privacy Minded, and especially the Close-Knit Audacity Communities.
Some Clarification and Updates to The Audacity TopicĪs Apple Insider has pointed out, in this article 11, there has been some controversy surrounding Audacity and its new Owners, Muse 12, and their decisions regarding Data Collection, Privacy Concerns and their plans going forward with the much beloved Open Source Project, Audacity. this whole story no big deal - but this doesn't change the situation: Audacity's parent company betrayed the open source community. Maybe in the real world of google, facebook, etc. Maybe this functionalities are not enabled now, but any further update will have the right to do that. "data for litigation and authorities request" and to share data to " agents".
Many did this having the vision that people should be able to use free software without any compromises like ANY data collection.Īnd now their donated work is distributed in this way - having the users to agree that the software might collect eg. Many, perhaps hundreds of people contributed to the code - at the expense of their free time, most probably without receiving any compensation - so the software can serve all the public and public only. And I think some of you misunderstand the problem here, it is not that some freeware decided to collect data as many apps do today.Īudacity is an open-source project running now for decades. These are not just crash logs for debugging. Guys, check your sources on this topic, eg. Had Audacity been collecting this data and storing it in the US/Canada or somewhere in the European Union, there wouldn't be any outrage. If the M1 version of Audacity has an error the Intel one doesn't, then wouldn't it be great to know the difference was the processor) than how apps like Facebook and Instagram are quite literally creating a digital fingerprint on you? This shouldn't be taking up any space in the privacy argument since not only is it completely optional, its disabled by default!
Why the hell are people MORE worried about the fact Audacity is collecting data such as User country (could possibly inform decisions on language localization), non-fatal error codes (you know, to make stuff easier for people who don't know how to correct/bypass them if they pop up a lot), User OS and Version (right because if 0.1% of people are using Audacity on Windows Vista, why the hell should any budget be reallocated to supporting it) and processor in use (because who knows there could be a trend where a specific error/bug is present in X or Y processor/processor architecture. Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
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