The Internet is run by Unix. Apple uses Unix and sells a rebranded version of it. It isn’t about patents, it is about a 21st century business model. Patents have often been used to slow down innovations. This could be a good model if used correctly.

The Electricnick.com team.

I guess it depends on the framework & if there is a universal understanding of how the standards would work. I worry that pressure from a contributor say BP or large auto manufacture would alter agreements & try to control any progress in a project, over a period of time. I could be wrong but I would not be surprised if that happened.

Going back to patents & agreements, I do feel that most corporations like to control technology/content or market products through a controlled technology eg At&t & Apple w/ the I-Phone being exclusive to their network/& app store for Apple or say Chevron w/ NiMH battery controlling the rate of technology, or the Kindle w/ e-books from Amazon or say now w/ AP & their content. I guess the exception so far is Google but offering free services is a way to gain access to market consumers. So I worry that any project to share content may get interfered w/ if.. say a new discovery in battery tech. was made.

One last thought on patents & sharing information in general that is kind of the flip side of what I just said. I worry that projects like the Two-mode system or say sharing battery producers eg. Cosby only delays real competition & innovation in the market. You could argue even Prius technology as slowed down Nissan in offering a competitive hybrid sold in all 50 states. So sharing info is great but open source or leasing technology a company has to make the technology their own to provide the best products to consumers due to not every manufacture following the same types of hybrid or EV systems as seen w/ Toyota or Ford offering superior hybrid systems compared to the contributing efforts of GM, Chrysler, & BMW.