Windows/MacOS build of fork-to-be-named how to publicise?
Linux distros will turn off the telemetry for version 3.03 and above anyway, guaranteed[1], so the privacy notice won't apply. Muse/Audacity project has been quite clear that telemetry applies only to binaries directly downloaded.
So the thing now is how to make sure that schools &c know where to get the no-(telemetry/crash reporting/any form of talking to network) versions from when they get around to upgrading from the version 2.x they are probably using at present. That will be the Windows/MacOS binaries which I assume are mostly downloaded from the main project web site.
Icon: it would be a shame to lose this software from school/college machines. Longer term: a simple to use multitracking audio editor that is just for *local* use would be great.
[1] example from the slackbuilds project (Slackware) - scroll down to last part of post
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/just-in-time-for-15-audacity-becomes-spyware-maybe-4175697320/#post6264269
Debian experimental page for audacity - they are still looking at the released version 3.02 that does not have the crash report/tracking built in but that will change over the next few months I imagine.
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/audacity