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I believe this only applies to charging tech so that the whole industry is standardized for charging stations. I don't think Tesla shares any of their chemistry, power management, and other high value IP.

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As far as I know, it is all patents. Here is another source, as linked in my above post:

https://www.wired.com/2014/06/tesla-just-gave-all-its-patent...

From the article:

> Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced today that his company will not "initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."

The question really is - what defines "good faith" for Musk and Tesla.

Additionally, I am no patent expert but it will be interesting to see licensing terms, if any. Specially after what happened with React and Facebook.

The link in another response to me has a link to a clarification video from Musk. I didn't watch it, as the text was adequate. It looks like no licensing is required and that they've been legally dumped into the public domain in a binding fashion - maybe. That's not actually ever been ruled on in a court, from what I can find via Google.

That post suggests no company legal team would allow it. The article thinks Apple might use it, as an example of a user.

I am no expert, so I'll defer to others.

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