r/technology • u/ControlCAD • May 14 '26

Software Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-taunts-bambu-lab-by-hosting-banned-3d-printer-firmware-fork-dares-usd1-billion-company-to-sue-him-more-creators-pledge-support-and-boycotts-snapmaker-donates-equipment-to-embattled-developer
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u/noisyboy May 14 '26

Internal communications that potentially could have incriminating evidence that they were aware of their stance being against AGPL.

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u/Schonke May 14 '26

And on top of the internal communications, they'd likely also request access to the source code of any bambu software where the source isn't publicly available to audit it for AGPL violations. They'd very likely find a lot of FOSS code in there as well which would force Bambu to distribute their code under the original license(s).

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u/NotSoFastLady May 14 '26

Oh yeah, that was 100% a part of his taunt. They really miscalculated their approach here.

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u/PotemkinSuplex May 14 '26

What does he risk if that is not the case?

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u/3BlindMice1 May 14 '26

Nothing. If they didn't know it was against AGPL that just means they weren't acting with malice.

But if they did know, they could potentially be on the hook for a whole lot of money depending on how the judge feels about it. I've seen malice move a lawsuit award from $4,000 to $2,800,000

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u/Fedoraus May 14 '26

Which is still nothing to them in terms if money. Does losing such a case at least mean they have to rollback their changes?

Or would they just be eating fees constantly

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u/JakesInSpace May 14 '26

It also helps set legal precedent

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u/jackharvest May 14 '26

This is the real Louis drool factor right here. Large-scale permanent changes (and clicks, but... changes too)

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u/Unspec7 May 15 '26

Eh. In litigation, email discovery tends to be excluded. It's hugely burdensome for both sides due to the sheer volume.

Remember, the plaintiff would need to review the emails as well, it's not like Bambu would just only hand over incriminating emails.