40 Something †June 2014

I saw the Statue of Liberty. And I said to myself, "Lady, you're such a beautiful! [sic] You opened your arms and you get all the foreigners here. Give me a chance to prove that I am worth it, to do something, to be someone in America." And always that statue was on my mind.[117]

40 Something – June 2014

Ironically, Musk does understand open source's value. Back on June 12, 2014, Tesla announced that it wouldn't initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use its technology. Musk wrote that he believes "that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla's position."

When you look at it closely, Tesla adopted a framework something like that of the Open Invention Network's patent non-aggression pact, which protects Linux's patents. Musk was right. This has helped Tesla. 041b061a72