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MuseScore was acquired by Ultimate Guitar 3 years ago. How has it worked out?

5 pointsby dentalpersonabout 4 years ago
They have kept it open source, and it looks there has been more development since then. However, some users complain about the monetization of the brand. I&#x27;m not sure what the ratio of positives to negatives are. It&#x27;s clear that the devs and the company can make money this way, (and I think this is a good thing), but I&#x27;d like to better understand if this kind of model can be good for the users too.<p>Questions I have:<p>How has the community responded? It&#x27;s hard to find much about this, and I imagine many users aren&#x27;t even aware of this. Did any users leave or join because of changes due to this acquisition?<p>On the development side, is it easier or more difficult for new developers to contribute new features or fixes to MuseScore?<p>Is there any worry that if things don&#x27;t work out they will relicense the product or code and make money that way by selling it for commercial use?<p>Would the same issues apply to a more popular OSS like VLC?<p>I asked this question on reddit but didn&#x27;t get much of a response, so hoping HN has more thoughts on it.

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