The situation revolves around a controversial incident involving Organic Maps, a fork of the Maps.me app. Key maintainer Alexander Borsuk removed the MIT license from a private Cloudflare Worker repo, which was later reverted by Roman Tsisyk, another maintainer. This led to Tsisyk's removal from the organization. The discussion highlights a tension between open-source ethics and individual rights to manage private repositories. Users express concern over Maps.me’s shift towards monetization through cryptocurrency, contrasting it with Organic Maps’ current position as the preferred open-source alternative.