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Wie zu erwarten war, geht #Arduino durch den Verkauf an #Qualcomm nun den Bach runter. Der neue Besitzer hat AGB und Datenschutz geändert. Die Arduino-Plattform ist somit wohl nicht mehr unter freier Lizenz. Auch erhält Qualcomm eine Nutzungsgenehmigung für alle hochgeladenen Materialien …

Reading about the #Arduino acquisition brings up dear memories from its early days... Co-running/hosting some of the very first Arduino workshops in London in 2007/8, sharing the office with Massimo's mini-company TinkerIt Ltd., meeting the Arduino core team for dinners... prior to that, working on Processing with Casey Reas and Hernando Barragšn (creator of Wiring, from which Arduino emerge…

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"Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino"
#Arduino #Qualcomm

Saw this comment about the Arduino acquisition: "Let the Enshitification Begin."
Another said: "This is not what I want from an Arduino. I want cheap, low-power both in terms of usage and capability, simple and open source."
#arduino

💗 An old PC case becomes a Halloween vending machine
#arduino

An old PC case becomes a Halloween vending machine | Arduino Blog
Halloween is creeping up on us like some kind of impatient ghoul, which means that half the maker community is currently scrambling to throw together some spooky projects. Those projects become a lot more approachable when you start with something the already exists—anything, really. For example, Appalachian Forge Works began this Halloween vending machine project […]

Let's see what we learn from this case of "Big corporation buys up important open source infrastructure because it's organized as a company". #arduino

A good, insightful article from Rupert Goodwins (who still isn't on Fedi - why not?!) about the recent purchase of Arduino by Qualcomm and how it's definitely not a good thing.
#Arduino #Qualcomm #Enshittification #TheRegister