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.

The Software Freedom Conservancy taking some bold steps to push back against Bambu’s blatant anti-consumerism via (amongst other tactics) violation of AGPLv3.

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    Part of the challenge here is that Bambu is a Chinese company. Which means you would have to sue them in China, with predictable results.

    You could try to sue them in e.g. the US, then use that victory to secure things like import bans, but that’s a very long, slow, and expensive process.