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Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules [New ToS] Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’ (thenewstack.io)
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Chief microcontroller rival Adafruit has argued that the new terms threaten open principles by restricting reverse engineering of cloud tools, asserting perpetual licenses over user uploads and implementing broad monitoring for AI-related features.

Arduino has defended the changes, claiming restrictions only apply to its SaaS cloud applications, that data handling is standard for modern platforms, and its commitment to open source hardware remains unchanged.

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[–] Hope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Intel kinda did for a while there, though they're recovering. (Completely lost corporate direction led to the share price halving)