An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation

Bambu Lab, a 3D-printer company, is violating the Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3) in a way that exemplifies the exact threat the license was designed to prevent. The Software Freedom Conservancy presented findings at FOSSY 2026 on the violation and efforts to provide users with open-source alternatives, framing the situation as an activism opportunity to engage the 3D-printing community on free software principles.