One problem is the inherent assymmetry. Bambu gets to trivially copy open-source innovations like automatic bed-leveling or the corexy motion system without man

One problem is the inherent assymmetry. Bambu gets to trivially copy open-source innovations like automatic bed-leveling or the corexy motion system without man-years of research. Then they get to use the saved time to improve upon those designs or the user experience but don't return anything back in return (for the most part, their slicer spawned Orca due to the software OS license). But now the OS community is at a disadvantage if they introduce something novel and keep it secret as they have to spend countless hours catching up, whereas the commercial entity can in turn just easily copy the community's new innovations and is free to spend the saved time to innovate in other areas again. It would be nice if there was something like the GPL for "designs" or mechanical systems like automatic bed leveling where companies would have to open source their hardware and software implementation details in turn for using the "idea".