Note that it says "closed" at the top. Pull requests which are merged say "merged", like this one: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/5484 You can verify for yourself that there is no telemetry code in Audacity.
Indeed: > Audacity's source code is currently released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). We intend to update the license to GPLv3 to enable support for new technologies not compatible with GPLv2…
Feel free to! View > Toolbars > Share Audio toolbar disables it. Compiling from source has it disabled by default.
This fork exists and it's called Audacity. Audacity doesn't have any telemetry, the PR never got merged. And any online functionality it does have (automatic update checking, crash reporting) can be turned off.
Audacity will switch to Qt/QML for version 4 because wxWidgets just keeps getting in the way.
You may want to actually read the privacy policy, particularly point 4: "We do not store or share any personal information." Regarding Audacity becoming a paid product or closed source, look at the rest of Muse Group:…
Note that it says "closed" at the top. Pull requests which are merged say "merged", like this one: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/5484 You can verify for yourself that there is no telemetry code in Audacity.
Indeed: > Audacity's source code is currently released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). We intend to update the license to GPLv3 to enable support for new technologies not compatible with GPLv2…
Feel free to! View > Toolbars > Share Audio toolbar disables it. Compiling from source has it disabled by default.
This fork exists and it's called Audacity. Audacity doesn't have any telemetry, the PR never got merged. And any online functionality it does have (automatic update checking, crash reporting) can be turned off.
Audacity will switch to Qt/QML for version 4 because wxWidgets just keeps getting in the way.
You may want to actually read the privacy policy, particularly point 4: "We do not store or share any personal information." Regarding Audacity becoming a paid product or closed source, look at the rest of Muse Group:…