Tesla's offer comes with substantial strings attached: https://www.vennershipley.com/insights-events/does-teslas-open-source-patent-philosophy-mean-they-are-fr

Tesla's offer comes with substantial strings attached: https://www.vennershipley.com/insights-events/does-teslas-open-source-patent-philosophy-mean-they-are-free-to-use/ https://www.vennershipley.com/insights-events/does-teslas-op... > Tesla’s patents are only free to use if: you do not enforce any right against Tesla, you do not enforce any patent right against another party, you do not oppose Tesla’s patents or copy Tesla’s designs. Such strategic maneuvering is not in the spirit avoid Volvo did for the betterment of all human's safety. > Using Tesla’s technology would essentially make any other company’s own intellectual property rights redundant. On the other hand, Tesla benefits from the arrangement because it appears that Tesla is free to use any improvements made to its technology by another party. This kind of maneuvering is not aligned or even close in any way to what Volvo did with releasing claims of ownership over seatbelts. Tesla is abusing the term "Open Source". More apt might be "Source Available".