To help mitigate patent threats toward open source Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are joining other automotive industry leaders Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota as members of the Open Invention Network 2.0 community.
The Open Invention Network (OIN), the only organization solely dedicated to mitigating patent risk in open source software, is partnering with Software Heritage, the world’s largest public software archive.
Open Invention Network has built the largest active patent cross license in history, with more than 4,000 members that collectively hold more than three million patents and generate over $10 trillion in annual revenue.
By joining Open Invention Network, PAS is helping to facilitate the strong development of open source technologies.
As a strong proponent of open source software, and a leading global intelligent appliance maker, Midea is reinforcing its commitment to open source as an enabler of advanced, intelligent appliance platforms, by joining the Open Invention Network.
The central feature of the OIN community is a patent cross-license that covers core open source functionality and expands in parallel with…
Open Invention Network is the largest patent non-aggression community in history, and the forerunner to many other organizations that have…
Open source software continues to expand its reach within the commercial software industry. It spans every major technology sector, includ…
Open Invention Network is the only institution focused on mitigating patent risk in open source software. It creates a patent “no fly zone…
To keep pace with innovation, every 18-24 months, OIN revises and expands its Linux System, which defines, within its cross license, the…
