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On 06/14/2014 08:46 AM, Simon Phipps wrote:
Only small, but it's something :-)

http://fortune.com/2014/06/13/the-one-asterisk-on-teslas-patent-giveaway/


S.

Interesting mention but there is a fundamental difference between patents and copyrights. Patents have a limited life of about 25-30 years while copyrights can last well over 100 years depending on the precise circumstances. FOSS is generally dealing with copyrights not patents; AOO and LO are both copyrighted under a permissive license allowing others to modify the code without needing to contact the copyright owners. There is no such licensing scheme with patents only the forbearance of the patent owner not to sue. What Tesla announced is they are going to sue others for patent infringement but any patent lawyer would like a signed contract stating that before they would approve infringement. With the FOSS licenses, rights are explicitly granted to the users beyond those granted by normal copyrights and user responsibilities are enumerated. I know what I can do under GPLv3 and what my obligations are to the copyright holder by reading the license.

What I find interesting is the reporter even bothered to mention that there are whole communities who are doing something similar to what Elon Musk is trying to do in the auto industry.

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