EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive)

Qualcomm have bought out Arduino, and several weeks later have altered the Terms & Conditions. Dave does a deep dive of the changes.

https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250912221625/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/

00:00 - Qualcomm have acquired Arduino. I've got a bad feeling about this...
01:02 - How much did they pay for Arduino?
02:54 - They have changed the Terms And Conditions
03:54 - Arbitration Disputes
04:21 - Kids? Bugger off!
05:11 - Are they now restricting reverse engineering?
06:35 - Irrevocable! Give us everything, forever.
07:08 - Revokable! We can take away your stuff.
08:26 - No competition for you!
09:46 - Patents
10:25 - Export & Trade Compliance. No selling to naughty people.
11:10 - For Personal Use Only
11:36 - Changes to the Changes. We can shut it all down.
12:24 - We can suspend your account
12:49 - Arbitration blah blah
13:31 - LibreDuino

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