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ethbr1last Monday at 11:59 AM2 repliesview on HN

> "how can they do that?"

License future important libraries only for use via their cloud toolchain?

Stop contributing support to non-cloud toolchain and/or intentionally break it?

Slip more restrictive licensing into new easy to use features (like a vision service) that taint combined products?

Never underestimate a company's ability to pay lawyers to restrict freedom.


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1718627440yesterday at 9:58 AM

The issue with that is that they don't even own the (exclusive) rights to "their" libraries. They are nothing more than a package repository.

jack_tripperlast Monday at 1:58 PM

How? Libraries are all open source by the community. Arduino AVR doesn't need proprietary microcode to boot= and run.

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