Ooloi? Oi? Ooloi? WTF?

​FrankenScore is our current working title. It's fitting for now, as I'm essentially stitching together old ideas with new ones in a highly charged electrical atmosphere somewhere in a metaphorical Transsylvania. But as the project progresses, it's clear this isn't just resurrecting or recombining; it's the creation of something rather different.

When we go open-source, the project will become Ooloi.

For those unfamiliar with Octavia Butler's work, the Ooloi are alien beings with a knack for genetic manipulation and transformation. It's a decent metaphor for what we're doing: taking the DNA of music notation software and turning it into something new. 

This future name change isn't mere whimsy. Where FrankenScore suggests our current closed-source phase of experimentation, Ooloi represents what comes next. It's organic, sci-fi, modern, mind-bending. A bit like the software itself, one hopes.

Ooloi is also just a good name. It's odd, memorable, and stands out in a field not exactly known for its naming creativity. 

So, there it is. When this project eventually emerges from its closed development, it'll do so as Ooloi. A name that, with any luck, will suit the software it represents.

The metamorphosis is coming. Eventually.

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