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First off, I think it’s important to recognize the intention here before getting into areas for improvement. There is a lot of material in here for the 2008-201

First off, I think it’s important to recognize the intention here before getting into areas for improvement. There is a lot of material in here for the 2008-2012 Roadster. If I was an owner, I’d appreciate this level of access. I’m curious to get a lawyers take on their brief terms on this service page combined with these patent and “open source” terms [0]. Do these amount to OSD-compatible terms? I don’t see any restrictions to immediately disqualify, but I also don’t see explicit licenses everywhere I’d expect to see them. Also, I’m seeing this on my phone, so I haven’t checked diagnostics software ISO file for source code. A nit, it’s good practice to remove confusing confidentiality notices on schematics and hardware documents contained in their ZIP files. Is this textbook open source / open hardware? Not sure.. is it something published without restrictions other than “no warranty”? It appears that way. [0] https://www.tesla.com/legal/additional-resources#open-source https://www.tesla.com/legal/additional-resources#open-source

Aurornis 3y ago
Seems like more than a "nit" to point out that they didn't really release much beyond the service manuals. Other than the 3 simple circuit boards, there's no CAD, no design files, no engineering, nothing.
mdaniel 3y ago
I do appreciate you found a webpage containing the actual term "open source," unlike <https://service.tesla.com/roadster#:~:text=Disclosed%20Research%20and%20Development%20Documents https://service.tesla.com/roadster#:~:text=Disclosed%20Resea...>, which is linked to from the readme, but its actual content appears to be closer to "gl;hf" than any licensing terms. Also, furthermore the open source link you found doesn't contain the word Roadster, so it's further unclear whether the roadster has any such upstream repos to link to

Aurornis 3y ago

Seems like more than a "nit" to point out that they didn't really release much beyond the service manuals. Other than the 3 simple circuit boards, there's no CAD, no design files, no engineering, nothing.

mdaniel 3y ago

I do appreciate you found a webpage containing the actual term "open source," unlike <https://service.tesla.com/roadster#:~:text=Disclosed%20Research%20and%20Development%20Documents https://service.tesla.com/roadster#:~:text=Disclosed%20Resea...>, which is linked to from the readme, but its actual content appears to be closer to "gl;hf" than any licensing terms. Also, furthermore the open source link you found doesn't contain the word Roadster, so it's further unclear whether the roadster has any such upstream repos to link to