I did a google reverse image search on the “new logo” and the most similar logo is Magento’s: 
It’s probably not too similar though, so that’s good.
It’s also worth noting that what we’re referring to as the “current logo” is a variation that I hacked together to match the font and color changes to dallasmakerspace.org in May 2013. I think improvements to line widths and kerning are still welcome.
I think the “new logo” looks great, but I’m not sure a total change is worth wiping out whatever brand recognition we’ve built based on the current logo.
Edit: Oops, looks like some others already looked into whether the logo was similar to others here: New DMS logo files available - #19 by CaryF300