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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The slicer is Open Source yes, but not the printer firmware or software.

The firmware is not unlikely to be linux-based. And hardware drivers for Linux are part of the kernel which is under GPL license.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If that's the case, then it should be trivial to prove and the EFF can force them to open source it.

Let's not make baseless accusations, let's get proof and hold them to it.

[–] cow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Most 3d printer firmwares run on a microcontroller without Linux.

[–] synestia@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not if they're kernel modules, written from scratch, afaik

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's not how it works. Kernel modules are part of the kernel and need to adhere to its license, which is GPLv2.

[–] synestia@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Of my saturdaymorning brain understands this correctly you might in fact be right https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLStaticVsDynamic

Edit: however: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1hdwm04/comment/m1zmt9d/ and https://docs.kernel.org/process/license-rules.html#id1

So I feel like this is definitely still possible and 'legal' depending on the implementation. Nvidia and AMD have done it for years.

IANAL though :p