His position on patents is that if you patent something you make it public and the Chinese steal it regardless of the patent. By not patenting something they ke

His position on patents is that if you patent something you make it public and the Chinese steal it regardless of the patent. By not patenting something they keep it secret. He is not anti patent he just understands that some people DGAF about a US granted patent and will steal your ideas anyway. As such I can't imagine they have ever thought of open sourcing the software behind their vehicles.