r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Jul 3, 2021
PSA #Audacity is now radioactive
https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/
Desktop Privacy Notice

About the Privacy Notice Audacity versions 3.0.2 and earlier are not subject to the privacy notice below as they do not include networking features With this updated version of our privacy notice below (dated 28 August 2022), we (the Audacity Team) would like to outline the changes that will c

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Show threadguentherJul 4, 2021
@cypnk lol if you're under the age of thirteen, you are no longer allowed to use it (§ 3.1).
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@cypnk
Doesn't this violate the GPLv2?

The GPL says:
"You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein."

Requiring the user to be 13 or older is an additional restriction, is it not?

Jul 4, 2021 at 3:53pmWeb
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Jul 4, 2021
@guenther @guenther I think that's to comply with COPPA, since collecting data from anyone under 13 is prohibited without parental consent. I'm not sure how that will play out in court though
Show threadguentherJul 4, 2021
@cypnk When the original contributors wrote their code and released it under the GPL, they gave children the right to use it. Why would that company now have the authority to take that right away, just so that they can collect users' data?
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Jul 4, 2021

@guenther I suspect the new "Contributor Agreement" was to get those authors to agree to a relicense

https://www.audacityteam.org/cla/

Audacity ® | Contributor License Agreement

Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app. Edit, mix, and enhance your audio tracks with the power of Audacity. Download now!

Show threadguentherJul 4, 2021

@cypnk I see :|

I don't think iframing that google forms on their page is GDPR compliant.

Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Jul 4, 2021
@guenther Most definitely not compliant. In fact, their cookies aren't GDPR compliant either since you can't opt out
Show threadguentherJul 4, 2021

@cypnk oh and i see that someone had the same idea regarding the age restriction already

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213#issuecomment-873476762

New privacy policy is completely unacceptable! · Issue #1213 · audacity/audacity

For anyone not yet aware the official privacy policy was updated on the 2nd of July and contains some very disturbing things, most notably under data collection is "Data necessary for law enfo...

Show threadAgris ViridiJul 4, 2021
@guenther @cypnk related thread: https://blob.cat/notice/A8vMq0aSBUEAwrb4Qy apparently it will be collecting data useful to “ law enforcement, litigation and authorities ”
Critical: “Audacity may collect "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)" according to new privacy notice https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/”

Critical (@[email protected]): “Audacity may collect "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)" according to new privacy notice https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/”

Show threadguentherJul 4, 2021
@Agris @cypnk Yeah i think that comes automatically with being a company and collecting data these days :|
Show threadShamarJul 5, 2021

@guenther

#COPPA compliance is a US issue¹.
So if they do not own the whole copyright, such a new restriction terminates their #GPLv2 license.

The problem is that nobody is going to sue #Audacity's new owners and they will go away with that.

¹ but where was COPPA when #Google, #Microsoft, #Zoom and friends were collecting tons of biometric and personal data of kids all over the world during remote schooling in the pandemic?

@cypnk

Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Jul 5, 2021
@cypnk @guenther The way the GPL is written, if you cannot simultaneously comply with the GPL and other restrictions you can't legally distribute it.

However, they have centralized all the copyright, so they aren't subject to the GPL even though you'd be if you redistributed it.

So I guess if distros don't rip out the spy code they can't legally distribute it. If distros can't spend that effort maybe they'll simply drop it and you'll get Muse's own binary through FlatPak. Open Source in name only.
guenther (@[email protected])

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