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Developer re-enables 3D printer features that Bambu Lab disabled, firm promptly threatens legal action — OrcaSlicer-BambuLab project now shuttered (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 62 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Unlike other printers, Bambu Lab machines rely on cloud access to support their advanced features like remote monitoring and reading the filament in the AMS. In fact, it wouldn’t be until three months [after launching their first printer], in March 2025, that a Bambu Lab printer would have a USB drive to facilitate moving print files without the internet.

For just this alone, Bambu Labs should be made insolvent.

Then we get to the story here, threatening a lawsuit for reverse engineering a piece of copyleft software.

Fuck Bambu Labs.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Reverse engineering proprietary software isn't necessarily illegal. From the 9th circuit court decision in "Oracle v Accolade" (2021):

    We conclude that where disassembly is the only way to gain access to the ideas and functional elements embodied in a copyrighted computer program and where there is a legitimate reason for seeking such access, disassembly is a fair use of the copyrighted work, as a matter of law.

    Disclaimers:

    • IANAL.
    • A prohibition on reverse engineering can certainly be included in an EULA, so in some cases, reverse engineering a piece of software can constitute breach of contract.
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