Re: [OpenSongApp] Why so shady?

[Mike & Alison Elliott]

OpenSong and OpenSongApp are too completely different applications

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Twättwafel McGee <shavk...@gmail.com> wrote:

From one OpenSong user to one petty OpenSong developer Garth.

I was doing some digging to find an answer and I stumbled across a page (importing songs from OnSong)..I find it gross that you needed to "call out" and app without directing it to them for one. The cease and desist letter was warned if you were doing something illegal..or shady.  Two, they seemingly have been around for a long time...way before you, so it actually looks like you copied them...along with other things...your logo. 

Find your own creativity and enjoy. 

Side note...downloaded OnSong and it is a million times better. Thank you for the heads up about them!! 

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSongApp" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opensongapp...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opensongapp/487ae8c9-7439-4ee1-8b58-de490f267ee7o%40googlegroups.com.

[Gareth Evans]

Thanks for your email.

I was asked not to use their name on my website and not link to them either - done.

Up until the point I removed their name from my website (by request), it said something like "an Android alternative to the excellent iOS app....".  That statement had been on my site for years.  Strangely I never had an email from users of my app thanking me for supporting other apps.  There were also links provided.  I've changed my website again to avoid offending people.

You seem to be mixing up a few apps that have different limitations and purposes.  OpenSong, OpenSongApp, OnSong.

• OpenSongApp is me.  It's an open source application (anyone can contribute).  It only works on Android. It is designed to help users of the great desktop application ''OpenSong'
• OpenSong', probably the most widely used, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, but not mobile devices, is also OpenSource (anyone can contribute to and help develop the coding) - something I've done in the past.  A great team of developers!  I have not copied them, I've written a stand alone application that allows users who already have songs in this application, to display them on a mobile device for performing.  OpenSong concentrates on projecting words for congregational singing and managing a collection of songs (with or without chords).
• OnSong is an iOS only application that acts like a song book - like mine and hundreds of others out there. If you own an iOS device, it seems to be the go to app, suggesting it is very good.  I've never owned an iOS device and was completely unaware of this app when I started developing mine - which I wrote to help me learn Android programming and to give me a song book for my tablet - at that time, I couldn't find an app that did what I needed on Android.  I've still never actually used OnSong (although I regularly work with users who do), so I can't comment on how it works or its features, or indeed its similarity or not to mine, but I've taken time to get the apps to play nicely with each other.

As my website says (I'm sure you saw it):

"Also, if you decide my app isn't for you and you're moving to iOS, no problem, you can also save your songs into this format for later importing into whatever software you want to use. It's your choice. I respect that."

If you've moved from an Android device running OpenSongApp to an iOS device running OnSong, no problem and I'm not offended.  Hopefully you've taken the opportunity to convert your songs first.

Best wishes,

Gareth

Petty OpenSongApp developer ;-)