Louis Rossmann pledges $10,000 to defend OrcaSlicer developer against Bambu Lab legal threat
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Denise Bertacchi
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Summary
Louis Rossmann has pledged $10,000 to cover initial legal fees for Pawel Jarc, an OrcaSlicer developer threatened with a cease and desist letter from Bambu Lab. In a video, Rossmann mobilized the Right to Repair community, criticized Bambu Lab for targeting an individual developer, and offered to crowd-fund the legal defense. The controversy stems from Bambu Lab's recent firmware updates that locked down third-party integrations, sparking backlash from the 3D printing community over right-to-repair and open-source concerns.
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Louis Rossmann has officially pledged $10,000 to cover the initial legal fees for an independent software developer threatened with a cease and desist letter from Bambu Lab.
Rossmann is quite unhappy with Bambu Labs, giving the company the middle finger several times in the video.
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