Software Freedom Conservancy (“SFC”) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab. After recent news of violations of the Affero General Public License, version 3 (“AGPLv3”), SFC staff began a comprehensive AGPLv3 compliance investigation of both the userspace software and firmware on Bambu's devices. While the investigation is ongoing, two specific AGPLv3 violations have been confirmed.
    • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioOP
      36·
      6 hours ago

      No.

      Bambu Studio is forked from PrusaSlicer, licensed under the AGPL.

      PrusaSlicer is a fork of Slic3r, also licensed under the AGPL.

      Next time the company will write their own code and not steal it from the community, or they’ll comply with the licence under which they’re building their business.

      What’s particularly troubling is that this is not the first time that Bambu Labs has done this.

      • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zipEnglish
        12·
        5 hours ago

        Yeah, it kinda feels like bambu has been pushing the envelope of what bs they can get away with for a hot minute, there’s kinda always been discussion of whether their behavior is a thing consumers and tinkerers should accept. Guess that’s finally catching up to them

      • SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world
        7·
        5 hours ago

        The problem is that Bambu has shown that writing software isn’t their biggest strength. The slicer works decently enough because it’s all other people’s code in the back.

        I wouldn’t put it past them to try and create something with AI. Question is whether the AI would simply re-use the code for prusca, which would (again) land them in hot water.