Musescore: Can I write a webplayer ?
Hi,
I'll perhap's open a touchy subject, or at least that's because I feel it that way that I'm here and will then ask more or less the same on the .com forum once cleared here (I know .org is not .com at all, the question here is really related to the .org side), but perhap's I worry too much too.
From my understanding, a webplayer would be imaginable to write, in this case would be totally open source, and for a "personal" use on my website. (no plan to create a public plateform at all nor a commercial product or trying to compete with the .com side). From what I understand, without getting too much into the details, audio and SVG export can allow really easily a "functionnal equivalent" of the .com from a user perspective (without all the socials etc). I didn't watched the code of .com at all, it would mostly be minified/obfuscated and would put me in some trouble imho, just a waste of time. I deduced from my experience using .com, using .org and my experience as a dev how it can be achieved "not so hardly" for, at least, the "usual cases". After trying a lot of available libs and plateforms, with usually poor results, I'm considering writing one myself, with a strong emphasis on musescore "output".
(TLDR) Now, if I want to write my own webplayer specific to musescore, would there be, from the .org project perspective, any legality/liability/oppositions/etc that I should clear before ? Being open source, there's certainly not a lot, but if so, what would be the limitations ?
Best regards,
love and play.
(and once again, just to avoid any misunderstanding, I know .org is not related to .com at all, this question is really related to the .org side)
Comments
I don't see anything that might make this illegal
In reply to I don't see anything that… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks ! (didn't answer initially, but should have)
Cross-link: https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss/5078314
well it is open source...
Also, to be clear: it's not accurate to say they aren't related "at all". They are two sites run by the same company, as they have different purposes. Just as, for example, Microsoft has microsoft.com, but also live.com, office.com, etc.
I think an open source web player would be an interesting thing indeed! My advice would be, steer clear of anything having to do with letting people upload music or else you will find yourself in the same legal hot water that MuseScore did, but if people are responsible for storing the files themselves and you just provide a player, that seems fine to me. Needless (?) to say, I am not a lawyer.
In reply to Also, to be clear: it's not… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you a lot for the complements of information! And pleased to know that project could be welcomed. I learned on the .com forum from a dev that indeed it's the same company, I assumed in fact that they were separate entities from some answers I already read on the forum telling people "it's not our 'responsability', ask on the .com" and vice-versa, but I guess it was just from a user support perspective.
For now, my plan is just to provide the "webplayer", mainly for my personal private needs, certainly containerized, but indeed, I don't want to be held accountable for anything other than myself have uploaded, in europe it's still an ongoing thing, but as for the moment, the hoster are responsible for the content they're hosting, I'm not ready to deal with "cease and desist" or similar legal stuffs. Also learned a bit about the disney and Hal Leonard episode meanwhile, clearly, I don't want to get into that.