this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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[โ€“] woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What are some reasons as to why I would want to use this over, say, OSMAnd?

Osmand isn't fully free software. Some parts are under CC Non-Commercial license that forbids derivatives to make life harder for potential forks: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/blob/master/LICENSE#L39 That's both against the Open Source Definition and Free Software.

[โ€“] warm@kbin.earth 10 points 5 months ago

Not that big of a deal to me personally, the app is still brilliant and open to the community. But given the community this is posted in I understand the concern and alternatives like Organic Maps are great for that.