Joël de Bruijn

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: June 23rd, 2023
  • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.mltoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Organic Maps Forked Over Governance Concerns: CoMaps is Born
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    1 month ago

    project’s donation funds for personal expenses, like holiday trips

    I do have the same overall concerns though and for me enough reason to switch the moment its possible also. But I tend to see the ‘the holiday trips’ as a symtpom instead of a problem. Later on they explained that some developers received 3 months salary worth of pay over the course of 4 years. Putting a lot more time in it during those four years. If I contributed that much for free I also would spend it on a holiday. But the problem is like you said transparancy:

    • No openness of financial transactions which I guess showing salary wouldnt be a problem and if everybody was able to see the salary was reasonable. (and I dont care what people do with it in their private live).
    • Maybe they didnt organise it that way (paying oneself for labour and tell everyone) but maybe they used it directly for holidays etc, which is a problem for the business entity they have I guess. Like my boss paying my holiday instead of my salary.
    • Reluctant to answer questions in reasonable timeframes (couple of months)
  • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.mltoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Organic Maps Forked Over Governance Concerns: CoMaps is Born
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    1 month ago

    OM and for now CoMaps are faster and easier to learn. For most people. With OSMand configurations are endless and people tend to get lost in them. Also the map data of OM is highly filtered OSM data. Meaning smaller files and a faster app.

    The downside is less features, but as always … if you dont need the absent features … its a plus.

    Now whats interesting how they both will keep it that way. My theory is when they listen to EVERY wish from random users (with other persona and user stories) they eventually become like OSMand too.