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Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-source fork - HN (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by mesamunefire to c/technology
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[–] mesamunefire 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's one of the reasons I linked the hn discussion. Lots of accusations going around right now. It's unfortunate as I like that app, but this kind of splitting is important to know about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

My experience with HN is comments from out-of-touch engineers and me-too startup folks circle jerking with themselves. Can't say they're any better than the random discourse on social media.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yea, the comments there are just, wrong.

People claiming since the repo wasn't public the MIT license didn't matter. But since admins contributed under that license, it 100% matters.

No reason to wait for the dust to settle. Roman noticed a removal of an MIT license he contributed to, also noticed the inclusion of user logging, so he released MIT work he contributed to. He's in the right.

It's a shame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So, what's the point of Organic Maps or maps.me? The latter's website just say "download and prepare for adventure", like some sort of app for route preparation?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's a mobile map and navigation app which uses OpenStreetMap data

[–] oKtosiTe 4 points 2 weeks ago

Where i live, Organic Maps has way better walking directions than Google and Apple Maps, and it’s a lot more respectful of privacy than at least the former.