Elon Musk Gives Tesla's Patents to Open Source Movement
Clearly Elon Musk is not operating from scarcity or survival in giving all Tesla's patents to the Open Source movement. A commitment to the emergence of electric cars as the dominate mode of transportation trumping keeping competitors at bay.
And an implicit declaration that Tesla has the intellectual chops to keep inventing and creating new technology; we don't need to rest on our laurels to be a leader in developing and selling electric cars.
Clearly Elon Musk is not operating from scarcity or survival in giving all Tesla's patents to the Open Source movement. A commitment to the emergence of electric cars as the dominate mode of transportation trumping keeping competitors at bay.
And an implicit declaration that Tesla has the intellectual chops to keep inventing and creating new technology; we don't need to rest on our laurels to be a leader in developing and selling electric cars.