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• musescore-downloader

  34 2,683 0.0 TypeScript

  ⚠️ This repo has moved to https://github.com/LibreScore/dl-librescore ⚠️ | Download sheet music (MSCZ, PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, MP3, download individual parts as PDF) from musescore.com for free, no login or Musescore Pro required | 免登录、免 Musescore Pro，免费下载 musescore.com 上的曲谱

One of the comments by a MuseScore developer in that thread is much more nuanced: https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/5#issu...

Essentially it boils down to this: if you see value to society in allowing people to share musical scores with each other, that's fundamentally at odds with a libre software philosophy. Because if you let people share music on a platform, they will inevitably share copyrighted melodies, which means not only that you are forced to monetize to be able to strike licensing arrangements, or else be sued into oblivion. And you are also required to enforce that the sharing software be used as intended in order to placate rightsholders, or else be sued into oblivion. And it's that "as intended" that is fundamentally different from how many of us think about FOSS.

There's a lot of corporate speak in the official post here related to the emplacement of score downloads behind the paywall in the first place https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss... but it's the same sentiment: if MuseScore.com doesn't put in place paywalls for downloads and enforce them, they will lose their ability to negotiate with major music publishers, and they see that outcome being a net loss to society of access to digital scores.

Frankly, I think this is a reasonable tradeoff. MuseScore sees monetization and adherence to these restrictions as a necessary step to ensure they have the resources and community to promote music literacy. That's a distinct mission from, say, GNU's mission, and just as valid. And of all the corporations using GPL for visions distinct from GNU's vision (here's looking at you, AWS), this one at least provides real social good.

• gnome-hud

  3 115 1.8 Python

  Unity like HUD menu for the GNOME Desktop Environment using rofi menu.

  

If you’re using the applications on Linux you can use HUDs like https://github.com/hardpixel/gnome-hud

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• LibreScore

  2 398 0.0 Vue

  The open source (GPLv3), serverless (IPFS-based), offline-first, and totally free alternative to musescore.com

  

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

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