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According to Adafruit, the new policies introduce sweeping user-license provisions, broaden data collection (particularly around AI usage), and embed long-term account data retention, all while integrating user information into Qualcomm’s broader data ecosystem.

Section 7.1 grants Arduino a perpetual, irrevocable license over anything you upload. Your code, projects, forum posts, and comments all fall under this. This remains in effect even after you delete your account. Arduino retains rights to your content indefinitely.

The license is also royalty-free and sublicensable. Arduino can use your content however they want, distribute it, modify it, and even sublicense it to others.

The terms further state that users are not allowed to reverse engineer or attempt to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. Adafruit argues that this contradicts the values that made Arduino attractive to educators, researchers, and hobbyists.

The Privacy Policy states Arduino is wholly owned by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. User data, including from minors, flows to other Qualcomm Group companies.

qualcomm bought arduino around a month ago

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

What do they mean by upload? The ➡️ button?

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Without prejudice to any ownership rights of User of Content (defined below) which User publishes, for the purpose of allowing the functioning of the Platform and the Services (including the Forum and Project Hub), User grants to Arduino the non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, for the duration of intellectual property rights and without detriment to User’s statutory rights (including applicable data protection rights), right to use the Content published and/or updated on the Platform as well as to distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish and make publicly visible all material, including software, libraries, text contents, images, videos, comments, text, audio, software, libraries, or other data (collectively, “Content”) that User publishes, uploads, or otherwise makes available to Arduino throughout the world using any means and for any purpose, , including the use of any username or nickname specified in relation to the Content. Should the Content be software created by User pursuant to the Contributor License Agreement, such Content shall be subject to the terms of the Contributor License Agreement. User expressly acknowledges that Content may include User’s Personal Data and, where applicable, Personal Data of minors for whom User is the legal guardian.

from their license agreement

[–] himeneko@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

is that shit even """"legal"""" (a bourgeois court would probably rule it so)

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