Martin SeegerOct 7

Everyone with an Arduino project has, starting as of NOW, six months to look for a replacement.

If you don't start right away, I can point out someone who will be in a lot of pain in a few months.

Believe me...

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i

I know this will play merry hell with the 3d printer and mechanical keyboard scene. Innumerable hardware will die from this takeover.

#arduino #qualcomm

Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino—Accelerating Developers’ Access to its Leading Edge Computing and AI

Show threadRob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧

@masek I mean, the libraries are all LGPL and there are a million clones, so probably not. This is just one reason why we have copyleft.

#arduino #qualcomm #copyleft #lgpl

Oct 10 at 12:14amWeb
Show threadJ LouOct 10
@rob @masek This is why Copyfarleft is necessary to prevent companies from selling out to proprietary software vendors that enshittify the software for profit.