All Our Patent Are Belong To You
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All Our Patent Are Belong To You
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#2"Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."
What exactly does that little "in good faith" clause mean in there?
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#3> Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.
I'm not familiar with US legislation, but from my perspective this is just Musk on his soap-box making a statement. It's not something I can rely on while building a business that possibly (!) infringes one of Tesla's patents. They may retract their statement and reconsider at any time, especially when times get tough.
It's nice to hear this, sure, but I fail to see the meat in this announcement.
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#4"Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology." What exactly does that little "in good faith" clause mean in there?
Agreed. I was hoping for a link to a BSD- or Creative Commons-style license, but this was only a reason for not [suing anyone] using the patents (as welcome as that is).
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#5Didn't Twitter declare something similar?
Is there anything they can do that's binding outside of a declarative 'we won't sue you unless...' statement?
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#6> Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. I'm not familiar with US legislation, but from my perspective this is just Musk on his soap-box making a statement. It's not something I can rely on while building a business that possibly (!) infringes one of Tesla's patents. They may retract their statement and reconsider at any time, especially when times get…
They have to keep the patents (or donate them to a trusted third part, as a bunch of tech companies have done). They unfortunately need the protection. Otherwise, someone could sue them.
I think Musk's word in this case is good. He's not a nobody; his reputation is stellar.
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#7"Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology." What exactly does that little "in good faith" clause mean in there?
Until clarified, it kind of reads like "independently came up with the same idea, but did not research patents or reach out to us for licensing first."
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#8> Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. I'm not familiar with US legislation, but from my perspective this is just Musk on his soap-box making a statement. It's not something I can rely on while building a business that possibly (!) infringes one of Tesla's patents. They may retract their statement and reconsider at any time, especially when times get…
They have to keep the patents (or donate them to a trusted third part, as a bunch of tech companies have done). They unfortunately need the protection. Otherwise, someone could sue them . I think Musk's word in this case is good. He's not a nobody; his reputation is stellar.
They should license the patents for free to anyone who wants to use them. There's no word needed.
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#9In the biotech space there exists a system called "patentleft" which theoretically provides royalty-free licensing of patents with the stipulation that any derivative works / improvements also be licensed under the same terms.
Seems like there is good potential to build on the momentum of Tesla's announcement to formalize the process, and answer the questions that I'm sure will emerge in this thread - eg more akin to an Creative Commons (which is very well defined and practical).
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#10These are big words, even coming from the extreme underdog in the auto industry.
What exactly is Elon committing to here? Is Tesla planning on releasing any design documentation, or technical specifications or manufacturing process information?
It's great that they won't enforce patents in an effort to not stifle innovation, but do they plan on taking any actions that will encourage innovation?