In the Open Invention Network, there are more than three thousand licensees — what does this mean for open source software?
Open Invention Network (OIN) is an organization that owns patents related to software associated with GNU/Linux. The organization's goal is to protect Linux and related software from patent lawsuits. Community members contribute their patents to a shared pool, thereby allowing other participants to use them under a royalty-free license. Photo by j on Unsplash What is covered in […]
