Topic: Solidoodle again appears to violate GPL V3 licence
It would outwardly seem something/someone changed the firmware you are shipping on the Printrboard going back to at least August 2013...
Separately, but still related to your GPL issues - Have you also started including the required GPL licences *with the printers* in a physical form - as required under the 'making endusers aware of the terms of the GPL software they are using' clauses ?
It is hard to see these continued violations as accidental ... from the non inclusion of the licence with the printers through to the months late posting of the printrboard schematics (which you never publicly attribute as a Printrboard instead preferring to call it the 'new' Solidoodle motherboard) and the huge delays in posting the original printrboard firmware..
To avoid any confusion - here is the licence:
https://github.com/ErikZalm/Marlin/blob … in/COPYING
And the relevant prologue - noting the requirement to include the GPL notice *with* the printer
To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others.
For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps: (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
I would like a full response to the specific points I've raised for the public record.