discussion Bambu Lab going after 3rd party firmware

[moocow]

Bambu Lab is going after OrcaSlicer and Luis Rossman is putting $10K toward a legal defense fund if Bambu Lab really starts a lawsuit against the dev. GN is also promising $10K to the cause if it does come to a law suit.

Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer

Right-to-repair feud gets aggressive.

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[lowfat]

It isn't FW. But a slicer, which is software that converts models in to code printers can utilize. And it isn't Orcaslicer, Bambu sent a cease and desist too, but 'Orcaslicer-Bambulab' which is a fork of Orcaslicer that reintegrates the cloud integration that Bambu locked down from 3rd party slicers about a year ago.

I do think Bambu is in the wrong here. It doesn't seem as if the author has broken any laws as he is just using code Bambu is legally obliged to provide. Also morally wrong, as they locked down this feature after people purchased their printers.

There will be a 'hit piece' from GNCA about Bambu in the few couple weeks it sounds like.