musescore-downloader VS LibreScore

I love this kind of behind-the-scenes, in-the-weeds video, and it's well done.

Unfortunately, the incident with a Muse Group director openly blackmailing an open source developer [1] [2], threatening to have him deported to China while specifically calling out his public criticism of the CCP with a disgusting "who knows how he may be received"—well, to say that this incident leaves a bitter mark in my memory would be an understatement. I am happy to be using other free software for my engraving and playback needs, and with Tenacity just recently having published its first stable release, I'm eager to drop Audacity, too.

Truth be told, I was never a heavy MuseScore user, but I have used Audacity regularly for decades. This turn saddens me, but it matters to me how those I support use their power, and threatening someone's life over an audio program is bullying more severe than that which I can condone.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27881539

[2]: https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/5#issu...

I recently discovered that [https://musescore.org](MuseScore) (not free) has an incredible GreaseMonkey script that easily bypasses their paywall. It has worked a bunch of times for me in the last few days: https://github.com/LibreScore/dl-librescore

Someone mentioned this one: https://github.com/LibreScore/dl-librescore

If I have to choose one, I would say musescore-downloader https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader

https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/141 unfortunately

One, it's possible the API was being used illegally.

Two, the DMCA seems to not apply here, if this is a Chinese citizen enforcing legal rulings against another Chinese citizen. That is a perfectly valid situation to call the police, in any country.

Three, this argument is going around in circles, I think a great option would be to contribute to the author's musescore alternative: https://github.com/LibreScore/LibreScore

Also interested in this. I found LibreScore (source here) which is in its very early stages and has very limited features at present.