Elon Musk, the brilliant mind behind TESLA, announced that he had released all Tesla patents in order to fight climate change and save the earth.
This decision came on the day when US prosecutors charged one Chinese national for having stolen secrets from Apple’s self-driving vehicle project. “Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport,” Musk said. “If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal.” It seems that now Musk is skeptical of patents that served only “to stifle progress” and make rich lawyers and big corporations instead of inventors.
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