After its acquisition, Adacity became interested in its users’ data

Recently acquired, open source audio publisher Adacity has been accused of paying too much attention to its users’ data and violating the terms of its open source license..

In early July, its new owner put a page online Terms of service No details, among other things, on how Adacity users’ data is managed.

Many points surprise, Note Passport – The first person to point to this page – When we talk about an application that has no functionality other than allowing recording and editing audio content. No more worrying or needing to know more about who uses it.

Audacity brand and application Purchased Last May Muse team, Based in Cyprus and owned by a Russian company WSM Team. Adacity is integrated into the portfolio of music applications including Moodiscore, Ultimate Guitar, Staffed, Muse Glass and Tone Bridge.

For now, Adacity runs as free as in the past, without the need to create a user account or register in any way. Passport However, the publisher of Adacity is surprised at the collection of technical and personal data. This is justified by the development of the application and the protection of the interests of the company. Operating system version and name, IP address to identify user’s country, type of processor, operating system errors and crash log are thus collected.

It adds up above all else ” Data required for law enforcement and requests from authorities (if applicable) ”, Without further mentioning the nature of the data in question.

Data is also said to be stored within the EU, but occasionally it can be shared with the publisher’s headquarters in Russia and with its team in the United States. Passport He added that the IP addresses of the users would be identifiable within 24 hours before going through the hashing system.

There is this interest in banning the use of the software by minors under the age of 13, while the GPL license, which manages the source code of Audacity, does not impose any restrictions on its use in the broadest sense.

The new owner, who is 21 years old, did not disclose his desire to add payment options to dust off the app, which was provided for free and created in open source code. In anticipation of this evolution towards another economic model these application conditions have appeared and are now in practice.

The code on which Adacity operates is open source, however, and its new owner has no rights to it, simply exploiting the Adacity brand and software. It is technically possible for another publisher or team of developers to continue to create this code and present it as a competitive application, while Adacity will go its own way. These Terms of Use have in some cases provoked some controversy Reddit And GitHub.