Thanks for developing Organic Maps!

I do care a lot about preventing vendor lock-in and a Free and Open Source software development environment (Git forge). In general, I'm willing to accept some inconvenience for having freedom.

I would applaud it if Organic Maps moved to @Codeberg

In this way the Free and Open Source Software development ecosystem would be strengthened.

#vendorlockin #opensource #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #digitalautonomy

Yes I care, get off GitHub you dweebs. Are you really coming down on the side of apathy?

You really want to support MechaHitler? GitHub partnering with xAI is really the last straw, although maybe we all should have bailed earlier, due to previous ethical failures like partnering with ICE.

If you're worried about running your own servers, work with Codeberg or any other existing forge.

I don’t care no. As long as you maintain control, the rest is preferences.

Philosophically there are “better” options; but in practical terms if you follow those you’ll nerf potential contributors because; like it or not; GitHub is the most widely used with the largest audience / pool of people.

Practicality trumps philosophy up until that practicality restricts your project.

Yes, I absolutely care! Actively arguing for using a corporate-owned proprietary web service with heavy vendor lock-in is kinda dumb, imho.

There are zero real reasons to use this Microsoft service for publicly hosting your Git repository and issue tracker and CI.

“Legacy projects” should actively migrate away from #GitHub and new projects should not be hosted at GitHub in first place.

Microsoft is actively preying on projects hosted on GitHub and it’s users for training their for-profit AI.

Here’s something to read and use as base for own research: Give Up GitHub!

The truth is that I am not a technical expert, and I did not understand the difference between the options mentioned.
But in any case, I support any step or measure that supports my privacy and freedom, even if it means a decline in the quality of the service provided.

@organicmaps

Yes, I care.

I feel it's us, the people who are open to alternatives and want to move away from, say, Google Maps 🙄, who are the ones who make Organic Maps big and help it grow. So, if we care, you might also care.

First of all, thank you for a great piece of software!

Yes, I care! As many has already mentioned, I also think you should move over to Codeberg.

I care.
It is only decision you have to make.

Everything else then is easy. Only cost some time.

A step to a more open web.

@Codeberg and @forgejo may help.

I feel like I should care, because GH is part of a machine that serves incompatible interests. In the long run, I think it's a good idea to move away from it - not just for moral reasons, but because it's slowly going to become deleterious to keep using it. Particularly for OSS.

I don't think there needs to be a rush, but it should likely be put on a roadmap somewhere. So in that sense, I "don't care" about urgency.

I care!

Your pro arguments are the exact problems of a vendor-lockin.

The value of being on GitHub for reach and visibilty is a false promise.

I am pretty sure that serious and valuable contributors do not care about GitHub.

Reference: codeberg.org/comaps

CoMaps

A community-led fork of Organic Maps. Reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit.

^Codeberg.org

Organic Maps was literally banned from GitHub this march: mastodon.social/@organicmaps/1…

Why are you back to GitHub after that? And of course a lot of FOSS users care very much about not using Microsoft products.

I feel like this post is just rage bait.

Organic Maps

2025-03-27 09:54:45

GitHub has gone - long live Forgejo (@forgejo).

Fully migrated out of Microsoft’s walled garden after they blocked us:

- 54k commits
- 9.5k issues
- 4.3k pull requests
- 100k comments

Everything moved. Nothing left behind.

git.omaps.dev/organicmaps/orga…

organicmaps

🍃 Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware.

^{OMaps: Make Maps Great Again}

Yes I care that you're on #github , #microsoft materially supports the gazan #genocide , and its microsoft, their #software business interests are anti user anti freedom and anti privacy, #codeberg exists, nobody said #solidarity was easy but its a one time cost then I hear that using codeberg is basically the same as github

#FLOSS #OrganicMaps #Gaza #Palestine

The initial question posted here already states its conclusion, so why is it being asked?

CoMaps forked the project for a reason, so if folks are concerned about open source transparency, I highly encourage them to migrate over to that project, which is already on Codeberg. 😀

#CoMaps #Codeberg

i care. Very much so.
There are some good points in this blog post about why you should too
drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/fre…

Mainly: if you are to convince people to use your free software maps alternative over some proprietary ones, why not lead by example with code infrastructure?

I care, but I also understand that sometimes compromises need to be made for the benefit of the project.

Self-Hosting a versioning and distribution platform can become very expensive, very quickly, especially when your project is popular.

Open Source projects have limited funds and I am grateful for what the developers do provide us.

It's not true that the only alternative to GitHub is self hosting. There are #FreeSoftware options like Codeberg too.

If convenience is that important, why don't just use Google Maps? Or use any other maps which work well in that area? Why do OpenStreetMappers put time daily to build OSM?

I use OSM even if a region is not well mapped and add data myself too in those cases. Would I have done the same thing if I cared only about my convenience?