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Arduino, the company known for its open-source microcontoller hardware
and software, is being swallowed up by Qualcomm <
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/arduino-retains-its-brand-and-mission-following-acquisition-by-qualcomm/>,
giving rise to the inevitable concerns about whether this might mean
an end to the company’s open-source ethos.
Qualcomm denies having any plans for this, of course. But things could
easily change in 6-12 months, or even next week.
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Arduino's commitment to open-source hardware and software could
help keep that from happening, though. Third parties are all
currently capable of manufacturing and selling their own
Arduino-compatible products—the Arduino name is reserved for the
company's official releases, but there are plenty of compatible
ones with "-duino" suffixes out there—and if the community around
the controllers and boards gets mad enough, it could attempt to
fork the hardware and software to provide an alternative to
whatever direction Qualcomm takes.
See, there’s an obvious starting point: what if Qualcomm starts
claiming that names ending with “-duino” are too close to the
“Arduino” trademark, and third parties must cease and desist from
using such names?
That would be the smallest and simplest start of the slippery slope
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