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===Cease and desist against OrcaSlicer fork maintainer (''2026'')=== | ===Cease and desist against OrcaSlicer fork maintainer (''2026'')=== | ||
{{Main|Bambu Lab Authorization Control System# | {{Main|Bambu Lab Authorization Control System#Cease and desist against the OrcaSlicer-bambulab re-enablement project}} | ||
In April 2026, Bambu Lab sent a private cease-and-desist demand to Pawel Jarczak, a Polish developer who had published an OrcaSlicer fork restoring direct printer control on top of Bambu Lab's own AGPL-licensed source code. Bambu Lab alleged the fork constituted impersonation of Bambu Studio, bypassed authorization controls, violated their Terms of Use, and involved reverse engineering.<ref name="jarczak-readme">{{Cite web |last=Jarczak |first=Pawel |title=OrcaSlicer-bambulab — This is the end…. |url=https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260430001537/https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab |archive-date=2026-04-30 |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> Jarczak rejected these characterizations, stating his work was based on publicly available AGPL source code, and asked for specifics about which files or commits were at issue. He reports receiving further broad accusations rather than specificity.<ref name="jarczak-readme" /> | In April 2026, Bambu Lab sent a private cease-and-desist demand to Pawel Jarczak, a Polish developer who had published an OrcaSlicer fork restoring direct printer control on top of Bambu Lab's own AGPL-licensed source code. Bambu Lab alleged the fork constituted impersonation of Bambu Studio, bypassed authorization controls, violated their Terms of Use, and involved reverse engineering.<ref name="jarczak-readme">{{Cite web |last=Jarczak |first=Pawel |title=OrcaSlicer-bambulab — This is the end…. |url=https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260430001537/https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab |archive-date=2026-04-30 |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> Jarczak rejected these characterizations, stating his work was based on publicly available AGPL source code, and asked for specifics about which files or commits were at issue. He reports receiving further broad accusations rather than specificity.<ref name="jarczak-readme" /> | ||