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		gruez on March 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using old laptop batteries to build homemade power... aren't all patents required to be public?

jpm_sd on March 21, 2018 [–]

derp, I meant [quasi-]"public domain" and therefore, in some legal sense, safe for engineers to read without fear of getting sued. https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you

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