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Arduino is No Longer an Open Resource

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Arduino is No Longer an Open Resource

Translation adapted from: https://www.molecularist.com/2025/11/did-qualcomm-kill-arduino-for-good.html Six weeks ago, Qualcomm acquired Arduino. The maker community immediately worried that Qualcomm would stifle Arduino’s open-source spirit, which has been the universal language in the field of amateur electronics. This week, Arduino released updated terms and a new privacy policy, evidently rewritten by Qualcomm’s lawyers. These changes confirm the community’s … Read more

Latest Legal Controversy Involving AI Agents in the United States

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Latest Legal Controversy Involving AI Agents in the United States

On November 4, 2025, Amazon filed a lawsuit against the AI startup Perplexity AI, accusing it of illegally accessing Amazon user accounts and disguising AI behavior as human activity through its AI “agent” shopping feature. This lawsuit reveals the potential disputes between mainstream internet platforms and startup AI companies regarding interactions with AI agents. Below … Read more

Is Web Scraping with Python Illegal? Avoid These Three Pitfalls

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Is Web Scraping with Python Illegal? Avoid These Three Pitfalls

Is Web Scraping with Python Illegal? Avoid These Three Pitfalls. In the internet age, data is a treasure. Python, as a powerful programming language, is favored by many for its efficient web scraping capabilities. However, many people have a question in mind: is it illegal to scrape data using Python? The answer is that web … Read more

Reasonably Defining the Rights Boundaries of Secondary Developers of GPLv2 and Other Open Source Licenses

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Reasonably Defining the Rights Boundaries of Secondary Developers of GPLv2 and Other Open Source Licenses

“The Supreme People’s Court’s proper handling of this case has reasonably defined the rights boundaries of secondary developers of software under open source licenses such as GPLv2, setting a benchmark for the development of a Chinese-style open source community, marking an important milestone in China’s software development industry, and is of great significance.” On November … Read more