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by drcross 3236 days ago
Didn't Tesla open all of their patents?
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kuschku 3236 days ago
Tesla opened some of their patents, and only if you in return give all of your patents to Tesla.

This is also why no carmaker except for Mercedes has used Tesla patents at all, and Mercedes simply bought 5% of Tesla to get the patents.

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yessql 3236 days ago
All patents are open.

Tesla offered to share them with other auto OEMs, if they sign up to agree to Tesla's terms.

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