I'm gonna hold out for official word from @XYZprinting about what's happening. I don't want to react on only one side of the story.
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Replying to @3DPProfessor @ChuckHellebuyck and
There is no possible word they could give that makes this okay.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ChuckHellebuyck and
I agree, I don't like what's happened. But this "no possible" mentality is what had us unforgivably demonizing
@Creality3D when they violated GPL, an admittedly lesser violation than this. This community has great capacity for overreacting. And again, this is bad.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @3DPProfessor @ChuckHellebuyck and
Not comparable. Failure to comply with license can easily be misunderstanding. Issuing fraudulent (& fraudulently duplicated) patent claim takedowns is an intentional act of malice.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ChuckHellebuyck and
Exactly. And in that case this community pulled out all the stops in being as malicious and damaging as possible for a tiny infraction. That's why I'm saying, hold back, figure out what happened. You don't think
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Replying to @3DPProfessor @RichFelker and
Been dealing with them for 4 years. I know them well. They have fought the community at every turn. They put lockdowns in their firmware updates to stop people from resetting cartridges but all it did was hurt legitimate customers. Shut their machines down. No spare parts. Etc.
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Replying to @ChuckHellebuyck @RichFelker and
Well, I don't disagree. Any sort of DRM only hurts paying customers, but companies with IPs they feel they need to protect just never seem to get that.
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Replying to @3DPProfessor @ChuckHellebuyck and
XYZprinting has proven time and time again. They do not care about the community, they have no clue what "open source" is. Nor do they care. Also if you speak negative about them they threaten legal action against you.
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Replying to @THEJATMN @3DPProfessor and
@THEJATMN@3DPProfessor@ChuckHellebuyck@RichFelker@XYZprinting@Creality3D They can threaten all they like, There isn't anything they can actually do about it legally.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MayanMisfit @3DPProfessor and
Uhm they have a USA division and can take you to court for slander.
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