I did a quick check: they did a kickstarter campaign years ago, but the
form to register seems to be unavailable.
The project seems to be in the "all-in" IMSLP philosophy, alias a whole
range of scores with editions made in any way (in terms of editorial
criteria) but free. Which is the wrong message (which sources are you
relying on? Are you just making a free transcription of a copyrighted
edition? What is text and what is editor choice? etc).
In this case the idea seems to be "let's supply an editable version so you
don't have to spend time in preparing your own edition if you need
parts-transposition-whatever" that adds, anyway, an additional passage
between the edition and the user.
If this were an "amateurs for amateurs" thing it may work just fine,
however - since I keep on meeting people that in concerts/recordings/study
- use as a reference any kind of "edition" as long as it is free (and I
won't name the tons of "self-called-baroque-specialists" who will use "the
manuscript", i.e. any kind of handwritten stuff - handwritten by who? when?
for which purpose? - found anywhere), I still look with some suspicion this
approach which could just add garbage.

I remember being part of this world from before Werner Icking died, and
even having published some scholarly editions, I have transcribed hours and
hours of music for personal study and for performances, however, I've
always felt the doubt that the transcription made could be of any worth for
anybody else (and even when people write me for the scores used in my
records I provide them for free but always fearing that something might be
wrong).

 I have always seen much respect to the web from the members of this
community, and therefore this idea of "please upload as much stuff as you
can", maybe I'm old, but it leaves me a bit puzzled.
Carlo



Il giorno gio 14 mag 2020 alle ore 14:02 Rodolfo Medina <
rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hi all.
>
> About Openscore project, that claims collaborating with IMSLP: did I
> understand
> wrong, or they ask people for money: primarily, to work for them; and
> secondly,
> to purchase those scores that people typed paying for that...?
>
> What do you think about it?
>
> thanks,
>
> Rodolfo
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