Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoAudacity 4 is outwww.audacityteam.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10cross-posted to: foss@beehaw.org
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkAudacity 4 is outwww.audacityteam.orgChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkcross-posted to: foss@beehaw.org
minus-squarecompanero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoThe big rewrite combined with the mandatory CLA makes me think they are getting ready for a license rug-pull.
minus-squarenfreak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoHadn’t Audacity become a vibecoded mess as of this year anyway?
minus-squareEnjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agolaundering opensource is the whole point of vibecoding
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoTime for a community fork, at least the new stuff is still GPL for now.
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhat do you mean by mandatory CLA? I’m not familiar with the term.
minus-squarecompanero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoContributor License Agreement. They require you to sign it to merge your code, and it signs away your copyright to the owner of the project, meaning they don’t have to ask you for permission to relicense it in the future.
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThank you!
The big rewrite combined with the mandatory CLA makes me think they are getting ready for a license rug-pull.
Hadn’t Audacity become a vibecoded mess as of this year anyway?
laundering opensource is the whole point of vibecoding
Time for a community fork, at least the new stuff is still GPL for now.
There is already Tenacity
What do you mean by mandatory CLA? I’m not familiar with the term.
Contributor License Agreement. They require you to sign it to merge your code, and it signs away your copyright to the owner of the project, meaning they don’t have to ask you for permission to relicense it in the future.
Thank you!