Qualcomm can get fucked, they recently rewritten their Terms of Service policy for Arduino, in Section 7.1 they state they have irrevocable license over anything you upload, retaining rights to YOUR work indefinitely even after deleting your account on projects, forum posts, etc...

and also implementation of AI usage for data collection.

itsfoss.com/news/enshittificat…

#qualcomm #arduino

Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down

New Terms of Service introduce perpetual content licenses, reverse-engineering bans, and widespread data collection.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

is #arduino dead?
youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNC…

#tech #technology #diy

Then some fire-fighting from #Arduino as the community reacts poorly to some new terms and conditions - but it says that it's all a misunderstanding, and that "what was open stays open" despite concerns to the contrary.

hackster.io/news/arduino-clari…

#Technology #Makers #Qualcomm #News #Hackster

Arduino Clarifies Terms and Conditions Following Backlash: "Anything That Was Open, Stays Open"

Reports of rights-grabs to users' projects and a a ban on reverse-engineering boards and software stem from misunderstanding, Arduino says.

^{Gareth Halfacree (Hackster.io)}

"Arduino wasn’t valuable because it was just a microcontroller company. It was valuable because it was a commons. And you can’t apply enterprise legal frameworks to a commons without destroying it"

You also can't buy a #commons, at least without destroying it as a commons. The key point about a commons is that it isn't property.

#Arduino

molecularist.com/2025/11/did-q…

Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good? | Molecularist

The maker community worried Qualcomm would kill the Arduino ethos. New T&Cs confirm the community's worst fears. Here's what's at stake, what Qualcomm got wrong, and what might still be salvaged.

^{charlie (Molecularist)}

"Qualcomm-owned #Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform."

(source: Adafruit linkedin.com/posts/adafruit_op…)

Oh boy, that was fast! Somehow we need to find more future-proof models for open-source hardware. Letting the market do its thing is showing its true colors once again. Pure evil! 👿

#opensource #hardware #fablab #makerspace #electronics