What is open source

If people are looking forward to the news of Apple and Samsung patent lawsuits, when it comes to the news that Tesla is opening its patents, I believe more people should be holding a sense of awe. On June 12, Tesla's CEO, Musk, announced on his official blog that all Tesla's patents would be open source.

It's a historic thing to think about, then, what do you see in Tesla's open patent?

I saw a lush, not only the Internet, but also the earth.

Talking about Open source

What is open source?

When it comes to open source, it has to talk about patents. Patents are the most important weapon for inventors to protect their inventions, and open source means undefended, meaning that the unique technology patents that inventors take time, energy and money to acquire will no longer benefit them, and anyone can do anything with these open patents.

The history of Open source

Tesla was the first open source electric vehicle project, and the "open source" concept was first introduced in the 80 's, the 98 Mu Oleri held an open source meeting, including the BSD camp and the backbone of the Linux community are involved, formally established the "open source" that is "open source". Linux was the first software collaboration program to adopt open source software, and today the global Android system is also based on Linux. From the scope of software, more broadly speaking, knowledge of questions and answers, recipe sharing can be considered open source.

Good and bad for open source?

Open source is always harmful to developers in terms of benefits, developers open source is equivalent to the livelihood of the patent job to the hands of the hand, and the more programmers to many today, natural appeal to protect copyright, the voice of the fight against piracy is more and more.

However, open source is always beneficial to most people, foreign open source community GitHub is a typical example of software open source, many developers on the GitHub free of charge to open up their own projects, while also sharing the work of other developers, the end result is a win or even win. And the Quora of foreign countries, domestic and other question and answer community, based on the knowledge of sharing spirit, experience and open source, it must be said that the people's Congress is really beneficial.

Talking about the open source of automobile

Open Source Car Precedent

In 99, Markus MERS launched an open source car scheme Oscar, which disappeared after the release of the new version in 06, but the latest OS vehicle company unveiled the world's first open source car. tabby", the user buys the base part to be able to DIY a car according to the instruction book or instructional video.

First open source of electric vehicle

A lot of open source cars, but open source electric cars, Tesla this is the first and most important time that Tesla has once again launched a wave of open source movement.

Musk the creation of his first company, Zip2 that patents were important and worth the effort to protect them. Now, as the president of Tesla, his ideas have changed: when moving, patents are not as important as they were, and now patents are becoming more of a legal capital for tech giants, and the role of curbing innovation is more powerful than protecting innovation. He said:

Tesla Motors is created to accelerate the advent of sustainable. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling TEPCO vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to Inhib It others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal.

In short, Tesla's inception was a yearning for the sustainable development of social energy, and it is a different way to prevent other manufacturers from producing electric cars by patent protection, which is why Tesla decided to open all its patents.

Open source Tesla

Contrast with Apple's Samsung patent case

In May, Apple and Samsung's patent infringement case, Samsung to compensate Apple about 120 million U.S. dollars, giant companies once again show the world "patent" the weight of the word can be heavier if Tarzan. However, one months after Tesla's announcement to open all its patents, it seems to tell people that the word "patent" can be feather. Whether Musk or unintentionally mocking Apple's Samsung, the world looks at these giants, and Tesla stands taller than they are.

Influence

Tesla's open source, which has the biggest impact on the traditional car industry, the high threshold for producing electric cars, and the limited exposure of ordinary manufacturers, will now help more manufacturers to produce their own electric cars faster, increase the output of electric vehicles and lower the average price of electric vehicles, thereby reducing the production of traditional cars, Reduce carbon hydride emissions, and ultimately achieve environmentally friendly sustainable development.

Not only the impact on the automotive industry, the environment, open source Tesla vigorously promoted the development of the open source movement, its open source spirit worthy of the major companies to learn from, more free, excellent open source projects will be the homeopathy, on behalf of the equal, open Internet spirit will also spread, can be said that this is a small step in the field of electric vehicle production, It is also a great step in the spiritual progress of human society.

From this, I saw a lush internet, as well as the Earth.

Look farther

Thanks to a wide range of open source development boards such as raspberry Pie Development Board, 2013 become wearable intelligent hardware year, the public chip platform of various kinds of novelty intelligent hardware constantly refresh people's understanding of the hardware. And 2014 is a smart home and intelligent vehicle system, more entrepreneurial team springing up, more public platform to enter the public's vision, Tesla this open source, coincides with the timing, millet mobile phone hardware is not strong, but its miui in Google free open source of Android system. China transformation ", got a considerable market share, you can expect that in the near future, the public will raise a lot of platform to borrow Tesla Open source project to realize the Intelligent electric car project, the long-standing" China Tesla "will no longer be a laughingstock.