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Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules [New ToS] Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’ (thenewstack.io)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/opensource@programming.dev

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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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[–] j4k3@piefed.world 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Adafruit!!! Fucking fork it and call it something else. No one on the planet with two working braincells wants anything to do with Qualcomm. They are extorting the world for their existence. It will be a happy day when they finally crash and burn like RCA, AT&T, Motorola, Intel, and many others. They eventually crash and burn leaving an insignificant shell of a company or nothing more than a meaningless sticker. I have had to buy several garbage devices with Qualcomm's criminal orphan kernel exploit because I have no choice. Allowing them anywhere near open source must be met with a pitchfork and noose. Criminals like that NEVER change.

[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

when they finally crash and burn like RCA, AT&T, Motorola, Intel, and many others

In what world have any of these "crashed and burned"

[–] 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)

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