[$] Another misstep for Audacity

While it has often been said that there is no such thing as bad publicity,the new owners of the Audacityaudio-editor project may beg to differ. The project has only recentlyweathered the controversies around its acquisition by the Muse Group,proposed telemetry features, and imposition ofa new license agreement on its contributors. Now, the posting of a newprivacy policy has set off a new round of criticism, with some accusing theproject of planning to ship spyware. Thesituation with Audacity is not remotely as bad as it has been portrayed,but it is a lesson on what can happen when a project loses the trust of itsuser community.