Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agoOrganic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.programming.devimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldBuyFromEU@europe.pubbuyeuropean@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1216arrow-down1imageOrganic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.programming.devTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldBuyFromEU@europe.pubbuyeuropean@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoThey blocked their account? Can I get more context on this? That’s crazy
minus-squareinfectoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoMastodon thread about it here: https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year ago Rihards Olups @richlv Contributors in sanctioned regions is concerning, though. Would be great to do a transparent post-mortem. Tariq @rzeta0 maybe we should do post-mortems for contributors from the USA? El oh el.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAh okay, not quite a satisfactory explanation but it seems like it wasn’t that intentional. Thanks for this
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI like the Massachusetts subplot
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago The reason was not specified in exact details, but it was likely because a contributor was temporarily geolocated in a U.S.-sanctioned region. source
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLet me get this straight. A contributor was only temporarily traveling in a US-sanctioned region, they didn’t attempt to push a commit while they were there, only that they visited the region?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoMy guess is that Microsoft decided that Maps.me was actually Russian and this Organic maps is a Russian app. In all fairness it looks like one of the main maintainers could be Russian.
They blocked their account? Can I get more context on this? That’s crazy
Mastodon thread about it here: https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
El oh el.
Ah okay, not quite a satisfactory explanation but it seems like it wasn’t that intentional. Thanks for this
I like the Massachusetts subplot
source
Let me get this straight. A contributor was only temporarily traveling in a US-sanctioned region, they didn’t attempt to push a commit while they were there, only that they visited the region?
My guess is that Microsoft decided that Maps.me was actually Russian and this Organic maps is a Russian app.
In all fairness it looks like one of the main maintainers could be Russian.