The reason was not specified in exact details, but it was likely because a contributor was temporarily geolocated in a U.S.-sanctioned region.
Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
They blocked their account? Can I get more context on this? That’s crazy
GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 days ago
notfromhere@lemmy.one 5 days ago
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?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
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.
infectoid@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Mastodon thread about it here: mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 days ago
El oh el.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Ah okay, not quite a satisfactory explanation but it seems like it wasn’t that intentional
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I like the Massachusetts