For Hardware Makers, Sharing Their Secrets Is Now Part of the Business Plan by QUENTIN HARDY


By QUENTIN HARDY

Patenting everything is so 2005. Companies like Facebook and Tesla Motors have followed the lead of open-source software, and now expose hardware designs possibly worth millions.

Published: March 28, 2015 at 08:00PM

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