26 Prusa warns about the dangers to reprap, open hardware , potentially open source itself, coming from china and their abuse of the patent system in china and then using that to hit european and American companies (www.josefprusa.com) posted 294 days ago by evilplushie 294 days ago by evilplushie +26 / -0 Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead - you just don't know it yet | Josef Prusa / 3D printing How Chinas strategic focus on 3D printing and patent incentives since 2020 created a "minefield". 8 comments share 8 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The notion that the west needs to honor chinese patents after a half century of chinese companies violating western patents is an idea so ridiculous our politicans, of course, hold it dear.