Sad, but also funny to see someone revoke an MIT license. Presumably they think that is retroactive as why do it otherwise. Instead of preventing use they just un-invite themselves from any group that wishes to continue it’s open source development.
Wow, that’s an incredible misunderstanding of copyright. Screw 'em.
Organic Maps rocks. Maybe I’ll go donate.
Edit: Read a bit of the discussion and it seems this is 100% Organic Maps, Maps.me is unrelated. I’ll hold off until the drama revolves.
If I’m reading this correctly, the headline is…very inaccurate.
It looks like a dispute between two developers in Organic Maps, who both started out at Maps.me, specifically over whether their CDN redirector should be public or private.
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.
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?
It’s a mobile map and navigation app which uses OpenStreetMap data
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.
Looks like the dispute is with one of the devs who didn’t work on maps.me.
Regardless, it’s probably best to wait until the dust settles to see what the facts are.
Seems like some spicy drama. I’ll check back in a few days to see how it resolves. I love Organic Maps and I hope the core team resolves this appropriately.
