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https://gitlab.com/christosangel/audacity-nord-theme

Copy ImageCache.png to $HOME/.audacity-data/Theme/
Open audacity, Select Edit=>Preferences=>Theme:Custom

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Has Audacity stopped their shenanigans? Or is it still a thing we should rather avoid?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What shenanigans? What have they been doing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It was taken over buy something called "Muse group".
They added telemetry, which is actually illegal in EU, unless you warn about it, and then it can only be used if you are over 18.
I think that also makes it against to GPL license.
Then they pulled back, but later tried to do it partially or something I don't recall.

Clearly Muse Group was a bad fit for a GPL open source project.

https://hackaday.com/2021/05/17/telemetry-debate-rocks-audacity-community-in-open-source-dustup/

Edit PS:
From their homepage:
https://www.audacityteam.org/
I can see that the audacious project remain under Muse Group control. I would look for something else.
Muse group changed the contributor license to take control away from the community, and give it only to themselves.

https://www.techradar.com/news/audacity-alternative-abandoned-after-developer-subjected-to-stalking-and-harassment

Later, Muse Group ruffled feathers with a new Contributor License Agreement (CLA) for Audacity, which contributors were required to sign if they wanted to continue to work on the project. This new agreement also stipulated that Muse Group must be given unrestricted rights to all contributions.

The ONLY reason to do this, is if you plan to use the code in a non GPL compliant context.

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