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What are the legal boundaries of Tesla's open source philosophy for someone trying to build custom hardware components in their garage?

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What are the legal boundaries of Tesla's open source philosophy for someone trying to build custom hardware components in their garage?
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Tesla patent pledge good faith official patent pledge terms 2014 TeslaGoogle ↗
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Tesla open source software GitHub licenses official Tesla repositoriesGoogle ↗
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USPTO patent copyright trademark trade secret basics hardware design independent makerGoogle ↗
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Tesla patent pledge good faith official patent pledge terms 2014 Tesla Google ↗
Tesla open source software GitHub licenses official Tesla repositories Google ↗
USPTO patent copyright trademark trade secret basics hardware design independent maker Google ↗

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Tesla patent pledge good faith official patent pledge terms 2014 Tesla
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Tesla open source software GitHub licenses official Tesla repositories
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USPTO patent copyright trademark trade secret basics hardware design independent maker
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