Re: Forking Hell
GPLv2 always enables forks (at least for the original code).
As long as you keep it open source, you can distribute modified source+binaries all you want.
'Audacity' is such a cool name, though.
Possible new names:
* Bedazzled
* Cacophony (ok that's being used but I mentioned it anyway for laughs)
* Personal DAW
* SoundWorkStation (or SoundWS or similar)
probably would have to google for other similarly named things [I already rejected several 'cause they were being used, but that's how it is with trademarks and stuff]