New iPad app, commercial affiliation or infringement?
There is an iPad app, MuseScore Sheet music viewer, that is selling for $4.99. It has a logo that looks similar to the Musescore.org logo. It is not a score constructor but just a viewer specifically for MuseScore material. The developer has a website called Musescore.com. Is this an affiliate or someone making money off of Musescore.org hard earned reputation?
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Hi 2sleepy4u,
The ipad app as well as musescore.com is being developed by Nicolas Froment (lasconic), Werner Schweer (MuseScore lead dev) and myself. We started up a venture to further grow the MuseScore universe on all platforms. You can read more about it in this post: http://musescore.org/en/node/8099 I'll be writing more about our vision in the coming days. We are currently traveling to Barcelona to evangelize MuseScore to software developers at http://bcn.musichackday.org and to a couple of universities.
In reply to Desktop, web, mobile by Thomas
Glad to hear that everything is legitimate. I would gladly pay for a full editing iPad version of MuseScore, not just a viewer. The iPad already has many sheet music viewers, but no really great app for writing and editing your own sheet music. Writing music scores on the iPad is the Holy Grail for many musicians, me included. Good luck with your commercial venture.
In reply to Glad to hear that everything by 2sleepy4u
Have you seen Notion for the iPad? That is quite good with good sound (although they charge extra for more instruments). It has a few quirks but I think it will become great.
There is also Symphony Pro which is maturing well.
Both of these can read and write MusicXML.
I would love to see MuseScore on the iPad though. I can also see the many problems with achieving that.
In reply to iPad notation by cwhysall
For an update where we currently stand with the MuseScore Player for iOS, see http://musescore.org/en/node/14117
In reply to Desktop, web, mobile by Thomas
Do you know of any footswitches that work with the iPad and the viewer, preferably wireless? I want to go forward and back a page, hands-free. Thanks!
In reply to Footswitch? by woz2
@woz2 The MuseScore Viewer app does not have support yet for foot switch. Support will be built into the MuseScore Player which is currently under development.
In reply to Desktop, web, mobile by Thomas
I guess the real question here is. Was opensource code used to develop this app? If so then the source code should be made publicly available according to the licensing agreement.
http://musescore.org/en/about/gpl
mtone
In reply to Open Source? by Anonymous
I found this link. It makes me happy :) LOL
http://musescore.org/en/node/14117