> KickStarter launch, distributing Bambu Studio binaries to every backer, reviewer and influencer without source code. I don’t think you understand how Kicksta

> KickStarter launch, distributing Bambu Studio binaries to every backer, reviewer and influencer without source code. I don’t think you understand how Kickstarter works. The product ships after the kickstarter ends, not the moment it begins. They had the source code available around the time it was shipping. > 2022-05-29: Admitted it's based on PrusaSlicer [https://blog.bambulab.com/to-open-or-not-to-open-that-is-the... https://blog.bambulab.com/to-open-or-not-to-open-that-is-the...](https://blog.bambulab.com/to-open-or-not-to-open-that-is-the https://blog.bambulab.com/to-open-or-not-to-open-that-is-the...) * "We would like to ask for the understanding of the community to give us some time before we open-source Parts 1 and 2, which is scheduled for the second half of this year." - admitted it's currently an AGPL violation That date is still before the printers shipped. There was never any question about it being based on PrusaSlicer. > 2022-07-15: They only dumped it (with prior git history squashed) onto GitHub months after the initial release, after immense community pressure July 2022 is when the printers shipped. Why are you quoting 3 month old Reddit posts as supporting evidence when they’re just regurgitating the same content as the LWN article?