"""
Musk: We actually don't require any formal discussions. So they can just go ahead and use them.

Reporter: Is there a licensing process?

Musk: No. You just use them. Which I think is better because then we don't need to get into any kind of discussions or whatever. So we don't know. I think you'll see it in the cars that come out, should they choose to use them.
"""
that's it. public domain, b*tches

"François Meunier, professeur de finances à l'ENSAE, s'interroge sur l'utilité réelle des brevets pour favoriser l'innovation. (...) 1) C'est bien de voir que la conscience du problème se répand en dehors de nos cercles habituels.
2) C'est un article bien écrit dont on peut proposer la lecture au grand public."

via patrick_g @ http://linuxfr.org/users/patrick_g/journaux/et-pourquoi-ne-pas-breveter-les-recettes-de-cuisine