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natch
Title should say “original” Tesla Roadster. This doesn’t apply to the future / vaporware one.
ytdytvhxgydvhh
“Tesla Roadster is now open source” does not appear to be the title of that page. I also couldn’t find any open source licenses or info about how to make a Tesla Roadster.
dang
Yes, this title was badly editorialized. Submitters: please don't do that! The site guidelines include "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."

If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's welcome, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

ivanmontillam
sorry about it dang, I hesitated to editorialize and I thought it was allowed.
dang
It's ok, now you know! Probably the thing to do would have been to post the tweet and use it for the title, and then link to the other site from the comments.

Looks like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38383099 did that, so we'll move the comments there.

rabf
Its a direct quote from tweet that Elon Musk just posted linking the page.
pvg
HN's title rules kind of imply 'don't take titles from Elon Musk's tweets' as well.
dang
It's fine if that's the submitted URL of course.
pvg
It would still have been a poor title with a long debate over the meaning of 'open source'.
natch
Not really. It dropped a critical word from the tweet.
ytdytvhxgydvhh
Looks like the tweet actually says:

> All design & engineering of the original @Tesla Roadster is now fully open source.

> Whatever we have, you now have.

> https://service.tesla.com/roadster

That still feels inaccurate though. There’s lots of repair info on that page but I can’t imagine they don’t have e.g. some sort of CAD files for the body of the car.

natch
The body is Lotus property I’d imagine.
natch
False. His quote has the word “original” in it.
cvccvroomvroom
I don't see any source code, wiring diagrams, or service manuals. Clickbait?
natch
I saw wiring diagrams aplenty. You didn’t? Look again.
Corrado
I think this is a wonderful gesture by Tesla and should be encouraged by the OSS community. It looks pretty complete to me, but even if it's missing some items (CAD files?) it's still a move in the right direction. My wish would be that making information available for older products becomes a norm (again?). This makes keeping things working so much easier and is good for the planet. This is a win-win in my book!