It’s about as likely that someone will give me a good design job for free (Yes, it happens, but it is rare and they are really very generous people) as Bambulab will send me a printer for free…
With my very limited knowledge, there are still very good reasons why I never would upload anything to Makerworld
Patent, copyright and trademark law – from private to commercial, things change very quickly by income. Publishing something is no longer necessarily private. Whether something was published for free is already discussed in other cases when Google Adsence is used on the hosting platform by the site operator.
Now a platform from a 3D printer manufacturer with entry-level printers with a direct upload link in the slicer, pretty brave. I’m not an expert but It`s hardly to believe that a link to the terms and conditions will be sufficient in such a case - if it is even pointed out there… So that’s “temptation times 3” from inexperienced for self-interested business development.
Bambulab users do not necessarily use commercial CAD licenses…Makerworld a non-commercial site…?
Well, it’s up to the companies when and whether they want to break up or walk in with action. They have 70 years to do this. And you don’t have to spend long explaining to CAD giants like Autodesk what rights they have…