Jeff Geerling3d ago

I've seen a few people trying to defend Bambu Lab's bullying of an open source developer over completely legal AGPL code use...

Now @conservancy is raising funds to stop companies like Bambu Labs from abusing the AGPL and open source devs: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-printer-agpl-violation-response/

Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations

Software Freedom Conservancy (“SFC”) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab. After recent news of violations of the Affero General Public License, version 3 (“AGPLv3”), SFC staff began a comprehensive AGPLv3 compliance investigation of both the userspace software and firmware on Bambu's devices. While the investigation is ongoing, two specific AGPLv3 violations have been confirmed.

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@geerlingguy @conservancy bamboo used the user agent as an authentication token. Which is the biggest bullshit ever.
If they want authentication they should have an "auth" file locally on the PC, not under AGPL which is used by the code to authenticate.
Yes that makes the installation more convoluted.
Seems to be easier to keep their cloud closed up via lawyers than via code.
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