De David Coetzee. Artículo original: There is More to Industrial Enclosure than Patents, del 17 de junio de 2014. Traducido al español por Luis Vera Suárez. Eric Blattberg, escribiendo para VenturBeat, reporta (“ Tesla Motors: Please infringe on our patents for the greater good”) que la manufacturera de autos eléctricos Tesla permitirá de ahora en…

C4SS Feed 44 presents Dawie Coetzee‘s “There is More to Industrial Enclosure than Patents” read and edited by Nick Ford. I wonder about the motivation in forgoing these patents, given that many are relatively toothless. Tesla obviously wishes to play the heroic underdog, to imply solidarity with the open-source movement despite operating in an industry legally…

Eric Blattberg, writing for VenturBeat, reports (“Tesla Motors: Please infringe on our patents for the greater good,” June 12) that electric car manufacturer Tesla will henceforth permit all comers to exploit its innovations. “Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk. I…