If we assume the allegations of Bambu Lab violating copyright are true, then I think that it’s the copyright holders who have the standing to sue. Usually that means the authors of the original code or their employers.

If Bambu Lab is going to sue an independent third party developer, then their defense is likely going to state that they have received a license to the software from the original author and that unlike Bambu Lab they are acting within the license.

But since it sounds like the third party developer didn’t feel like standing up to Bambu Lab it doesn’t sound like they are headed for court. Regardless of whether that third party developer want to take on the fight or not, I do respect their choice. I know it sucks to be in that situation, and they are given the choice between two paths which each suck in their own ways. It sounds like that third party developer did not deserve to be in that situation.

@crazyeddie

Take a look at #SFC's Principles of Community-Oriented #GPL Enforcement found here:

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html

While that's tailored to the question of GPL (as opposed to #LGPL or #AGPL enforcement), a universal principle in #copyleft enforcement is always to use litigation as a last resort. Take a look at SFC's #baltobu project; we want to get working solutions to users ASAP:
https://f.sfconservancy.org/baltobu

Cc: @geerlingguy

#SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #AGPLv3 #Bambu #BambuLab