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Ford follows Tesla’s lead and opens all their electric vehicle patents

• LukeB_UK 11y ago
  > Ford says there will be a licensing fee. So not like Tesla then...
  • Bedon292 11y ago
    Definitely an important difference. They are not actually open if there is a license fee.
    • quadrangle 11y ago
      Yeah, like, how is that any different at all? This is Ford going from saying "we won't license our patents to anyone" to "we'll agree to license our patents"? I guess that's um, something… ?
• Splendor 11y ago
  It seems like Ford is interested in having others adopt their standards. I'm sure that was part of the equation for Tesla as well.