We're proud to reveal the logo for CoMaps — designed and chosen by the community.
From maps to code to design, CoMaps is 100% community-powered — and this logo is no different. It’s a symbol of what we’re building together: free, open, and offline map navigation for everyone.
The winning logo was created by @Flummic. The initial round had 21 logos submitted, resulting in 6 finalists, followed by an iteration process where people collaborated to make improvements (https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/issues/78).
Thank you to everyone who shaped this milestone. We’re just getting started.
Can some1 pls give me a tldrd (too long didnt read drama) of the organic maps vs copmaps situation?
OrganicMaps is tied to a small for-profit business.
Few people wrote an open letter asking for guarantees on the freedom of the project. It was overlooked.
Then the project was forked.
Few people or a few people?
A few, but they are also few.
Yes.
While portraying Organic Maps as a community-driven project, shareholders were making decisions behind closed doors - a Kayak ad affiliate link was added, parts of the open-source code was hidden, and shareholders are leaving the door open for selling the company and pocketing profit from contributor work (this would likely go the unfortunate route of Maps.Me).
I don't get it either. I use organic maps as my main map thing, and I don't get what happens here. It just works.