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Open Invention Network (OIN) announced the appointment of Shane Coughlan as its Global Ambassador for OIN 2.0, a pivotal role in accelerating awareness, adoption and community engagement around the organization’s next-generation Open Source patent protection framework.

OIN announces the launch of OIN 2.0 — a significant evolution of its model. Expanding support from a small, core group of funding members, OIN 2.0 introduces a shared and community-driven funding model designed to ensure the long-term sustainability of its mission.

Panasonic Automotive Systems joins OIN and has been continually contributed to multiple OSS communities, such as Automotive Grade Linux.

OIN is the only institution focused on mitigating patent risk in Open Source software, announced today that Midea Group has joined as a community member.

As Open Source has become pervasive, OIN’s Linux System is now over 4,500 packages and has evolved to include Linux and adjacent Open Source technologies produced by projects focused on automotive, fintech, mobile communications, computing, cloud, IoT, and embedded, among others.

Participation in OIN will drive additional wireless services industry innovation. 

Durham, NC (July 16, 2024) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the only …

Software component additions to the Linux System definition cover cloud computing, enterprise computing, networking, embedded, hardware development and automotive, among other categories.  

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Durham, NC (April 24, 2024) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the organization formed to safeguard open source and now the largest patent non-aggression …

Durham, NC (April 10, 2024) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that it will continue, …