By joining OIN 2.0, you ensure continued protection for your Open Source technologies & the broader ecosystem.

  • Expanded Protection — Broader Linux System coverage for new & emerging technologies.

  • Sustained Defense — Patent risk monitoring, re-exams & other defensive strategies.

  • Cost Avoidance — With patent defense averaging $4M+, OIN membership is a smart investment.

  • Community & Innovation — Strengthening the world’s largest Open Source patent community.

  • Ongoing Stewardship — Maintaining & updating the Linux System Definition.

  • Strategic Security — Advancing OIN toward self-sustainability to proactively protect members.

2.0 Participation Fees and 2.0 Participant in Good Standing Definitions

Fee Schedule. The annual fee per 2.0 Participant is set forth in the following table. Annual fees shall be due within ninety (90) days of receipt of an invoice from OIN. A 2.0 Participant that executes the license agreement part way through the calendar year will pay a pro rata portion of the annual fee for that year. The pro rata portion will be invoiced on the date of execution of the license agreement.

Look Who’s Joined!

Annual Tiered Participation Fees

Tier 1

Company Annual Revenue is
> $500 million

$ (USD)

24,000

Annually

Tier 2

Company Annual Revenue is
$100 – $500 million

$ (USD)

16,000

Annually

Tier 3

Company Annual Revenue is
$50 – $100 million

$ (USD)

8,000

Annually

Tier 4

Company Annual Revenue is
$10 – $50 million

$ (USD)

1,000

Annually

Tier 5

Company Annual Revenue is
< $10 million; Individuals

$ (USD)

Free

Updates. The Fee Schedule set forth above may be updated from time to time by the OIN Board of Directors and such updates shall not constitute an amendment of the OIN 2.0 License Agreement. OIN may waive or discount fees from time to time for particular OIN Licensees or for particular periods of time to attract new OIN Licensees or for other purposes approved by the OIN Board of Directors.

A “2.0 Participant in Good Standing” means a 2.0 Participant that has met the requirements for timely payment of applicable 2.0 Participation Fees in accordance with OIN policies approved by the OIN Board of Directors.

  • Under no circumstances are Fees subject to refunds.

  • A company that does not wish to disclose such company’s annual revenue may pay the Tier 1 OIN 2.0 Participation Fee. Payment of the Tier 1 OIN 2.0 Participation Fee is not an admission of the corresponding amount of annual revenue.

Don’t miss out on Table 13 expanded coverage.

Linux System Table 13 increases coverage for Cloud Computing, Kubernetes & Eclipse, as well as expands coverage for modern languages by adding many new libraries for Go, Python & Rust.

Because we believe in transparency, choice & shared commitment to the future of Open Source, we are not automatically converting existing members to OIN 2.0. All OIN members need to sign an OIN 2.0 License Agreement.

Don’t miss out on Table 13 expanded coverage.

Linux System Table 13 increases coverage for Cloud Computing, Kubernetes & Eclipse, as well as expands coverage for modern languages by adding many new libraries for Go, Python & Rust.

Because we believe in transparency, choice & shared commitment to the future of Open Source, we are not automatically converting existing members to OIN 2.0. All OIN members need to sign an OIN 2.0 License Agreement.