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   Organic Maps (organicmaps@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 14-Sep-2025 22:08:19 JST Organic Maps

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   • Codeberg
   • Jan Vlug

   @janvlug @Codeberg what issues, risks, or lock-in-related things do you see now? Migration is possible at any moment; git guarantees it out of the box.

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Sunday, 14-Sep-2025 22:08:19 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • Codeberg
     • Jan Vlug
     git guarantees that out of the box only for the code revision history. try migrating "PR & issue workflow, Actions CI, broad integrations" out of github to realize how locked-in you got yourself already.
     
     CC: @janvlug@mastodon.social @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de
     
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     Organic Maps (organicmaps@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 14-Sep-2025 22:08:20 JST Organic Maps

     Some are asking: why does privacy-focused Organic Maps use GitHub? The largest open-source contributor network, familiar PR & issue workflow, Actions CI, broad integrations, zero infra to maintain, and easy onboarding/discoverability. This lets us focus on improving the app instead of running and maintaining servers. Development time is the most precious resource nowadays, and most of our users don't care where the code is hosted, but care about the app functionality and usability…
     Do you care?

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     Jan Vlug (janvlug@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Sep-2025 22:08:20 JST Jan Vlug

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     • Codeberg

     @organicmaps 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

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     daltux (daltux@snac.daltux.net)'s status on Monday, 15-Sep-2025 00:49:53 JST daltux

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     • daltux
     This is a typical example of how "Open Source" fundamentally disregards software freedom. Unfortunately, "OSS" reduces a profound ethical imperative to a shallow model focused solely on practical convenience and technical superiority. Until more users learn to value their freedom over these superficial benefits, big tech will always have a billion reasons to sway their preferences. Big tech firms can tout their 'open source' credentials precisely because this model asks no ethical questions of them—it's useful, and that's all that matters. We must demand real #FreeSoftware throughout the entire digital pipeline.
     
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     daltux (daltux@snac.daltux.net)'s status on Monday, 15-Sep-2025 00:49:54 JST daltux

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     • Codeberg
     • Jan Vlug
     • Alexandre Oliva
     @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br @organicmaps@fosstodon.org @janvlug@mastodon.social @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de
     [...] most of our users don't care where the code is hosted, but care about the app functionality and usability…
     Do you care?
     Most users will probably use Google Maps and Waze because they provide the most convenience. I do care about #SoftwareFreedom.
     
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     Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Sep-2025 04:46:00 JST Tagomago

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     @organicmaps The convenience argument is pretty feeble in the free software movement, you must already know that...

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     Organic Maps (organicmaps@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 15-Sep-2025 04:46:00 JST Organic Maps

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     • Tagomago

     @tagomago Many Organic Maps contributors work on the project in their free time, at the expense of time spent with family. Convenience in terms of saved time is important, yes.

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Monday, 15-Sep-2025 19:46:54 JST tyil

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     • Jan Vlug

     @organicmaps@fosstodon.org @janvlug@mastodon.social @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de Migration is possible at any moment;Feel free to put your money where your mouth is, and migrate all #GitHub hosted content (not just code, but issues and any other integration you're using) right now to a free software git forge. If you're right it should be no effort to try out, if you're wrong you can think about a clear and usable migration path. GitHub is not going to stop enshittifying, so you should most definitely consider leaving it before they lock you in even further.

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     Organic Maps (organicmaps@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Sep-2025 17:37:59 JST Organic Maps

     • Tagomago
     • Chris Were ⁂🐧📰🌱☕

     @ChrisWere @tagomago Many Organic Maps contributors have never worked on any FOSS project before. An easy way to start is important for them, as, for example, for GSoC students.