Guix provides kitty a terminal emulator as a package. Kitty has telemetry on by default. See this issue on the kitty repository for further information: <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544>
The issue was closed by the lead developer of the project without addressing the concern raised. It does not look like this is something that is going to be fixed upstream. The kitty telemetry is not a core part of kitty's functionality. The kitty lead developer said in that issue thread that the telemetry is to notify users of available updates. Further source code review would be required to verify that is the only thing the telemetry is doing. As the lead developer did not provide much in the way of details when asked about the telemetry in the issue thread. It seems that the methods Guix provides would be better suited for letting users know about updates. What do other people think about this in the context of the Free System Distribution Guidelines? ``` No Malware The distro must contain no DRM, no back doors, and no spyware. ``` <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html> How should the issue of kitty's telemetry on be default be addressed?
