Submission + - Big Silicon Buys Your Beloved Open Hardware: The Arduino-Qualcomm Anxiety Spiral (arduino.cc)
apcyberax writes: Qualcomm’s October acquisition of Arduino raised eyebrows — and now it’s raising alarms.
Adafruit points out recent rewrites to Arduino’s Terms and Privacy Policy that look like a pivot toward tighter corporate control and more data collection.
Most worrying for open-source folks: language that appears to restrict reverse-engineering without permission.
Qualcomm is now insisting “Anything that was open, stays open,” but that leaves the real question unanswered.
What happens to future Arduino tools, platforms, and “optional” cloud tie-ins once the dust settles?
Adafruit points out recent rewrites to Arduino’s Terms and Privacy Policy that look like a pivot toward tighter corporate control and more data collection.
Most worrying for open-source folks: language that appears to restrict reverse-engineering without permission.
Qualcomm is now insisting “Anything that was open, stays open,” but that leaves the real question unanswered.
What happens to future Arduino tools, platforms, and “optional” cloud tie-ins once the dust settles?
