Elon announces that Tesla will not patent it’s tech (2014)

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16 pointselamje3 comments

You got the core facts wrong -- Tesla will, in fact, continue to patent their technology. They need to to protect themselves from others.

What Musk did say is, "Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."

Furthermore he said, "We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla’s position in this regard."

And given that this was posted 3.5 years ago, how about "announced" rather than "announces"?

And how about "its", not "it's"? :)

I apologize. Misworded for sure, but a patent with no enforcement is hardly a patent in the business sense. They get the credit of invention, but not the financial reward.

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