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OIN 2.0 License Agreement
The OIN 2.0 License Agreement states the rights & obligations of all parties, including each OIN community member and OIN.
The new OIN 2.0 License Agreement must be signed by new and existing members.
Linux System Definition & Components
The definition of the Linux System relevant to the OIN 2.0 License Agreement is described on this page & includes Tables 0-13.
Linux System Definition Nominations
This guide is intended for nomination of new packages for inclusion in the OIN Linux System definition.
To participate in OIN 2.0 and the Linux System Table 13 expansion, every member — including existing OIN 1.0 members — must sign an OIN 2.0 License Agreement.
This agreement states the rights and obligations of all parties, including each OIN community member and OIN. It also sets forth all defined terms of the agreement.
By signing the OIN 2.0 License Agreement, each of our community members formally commit to share their Linux System patents and applications with all other OIN 2.0 participants worldwide.
The coverage area or scope of the OIN community cross-license is defined by a list of software packages and is called the Linux System. The Linux System includes core Linux and adjacent Open Source technologies.
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Important Notice: OIN community members signed prior to January 27, 2026 are signed under the 1.0 License Agreement and will continue to receive coverage under Linux System Tables 0 – Table 12.
Community members will not be automatically updated to the new OIN 2.0 License Agreement. If you would like to upgrade your membership to include the Table 13 expansion – and all future table expansions – please fill out the new Membership form here to get started.
This OIN 2.0 Revised and Restated License Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into effective as of the last date of execution (“Execution Date”) between OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC (“OIN”), and the undersigned Person (“You”). Words beginning with capital letters shall have the meaning set forth as noted in the body or in the definitions appended hereto.
If You entered into a license agreement with OIN:
(a) prior to January 27, 2026 (“Prior Agreement”) the Agreement Date for this Agreement shall be the same as the Agreement Date of the Prior Agreement; or
(b) on or after January 27, 2026, the Agreement Date shall be the Execution Date.
1.1 Subject to Section 1.2(b), OIN, grants to You and Your Subsidiaries a royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, non-transferable license under OIN Patents to make, have made, use, import, and Distribute any products or services. In addition to the foregoing and without limitation thereof, with respect only to the Linux System, the license granted herein includes the right to engage in activities that in the absence of this Agreement would constitute inducement to infringe or contributory infringement (or infringement under any other analogous legal doctrine in the applicable jurisdiction).
1.2 Subject to Section 2.2 and in consideration for the license granted in Section 1.1, You, on behalf of Yourself and Your Affiliates, (a) grant to each Licensee and its Subsidiaries that are Subsidiaries as of the Eligibility Date a royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, non-transferable license under Your Patents for making, having made, using, importing, and Distributing any Linux System; and (b) represent and warrant that (i) You have the full right and power to grant the foregoing licenses and the release in Section 1.4 and that Your Affiliates are and will be bound by the obligations of this Agreement; and (ii) neither You nor any of Your Affiliates has a Claim pending against any Person for making, having made, using, importing, and Distributing any Linux System. Notwithstanding anything in another Company Licensing Agreement to the contrary, You and Your current and future Subsidiaries do not and shall not receive, and hereby disclaim and waive, any license from a Licensee and its current and future Affiliates pursuant to a Company Licensing Agreement for implementations of Linux Environment Components as specified in such Company Licensing Agreement to the extent that You and Your current and future Affiliates are excepting any such implementations of Linux Environment Component from Your license to a Licensee and its current and future Subsidiaries. The previous sentence is for the express benefit of the Members of OIN, OIN, and OIN’s Licensees.
1.2.1 Section 1.2 is subject to the following 2.0 Revision: With respect to Linux System 2.0 (but not Linux System 1.0), the license granted in Section 1.2 is made by 2.0 Participants only to a 2.0 Participant in Good Standing, and shall terminate on the date that the beneficiary 2.0 Participant is no longer in Good Standing.
1.3 Subject to Section 1.2(b), OIN irrevocably releases You and Your Subsidiaries from claims of infringement of the OIN Patents to the extent such claims are based on acts prior to the Agreement Date that, had they been performed after the Agreement Date, would have been licensed under this Agreement.
1.4 You, on behalf of Yourself and Your Affiliates, irrevocably releases and shall release each Licensee and its Subsidiaries that are Subsidiaries on the Amendment Date and their respective Channel Entities and Customers that are Channel Entities and Customers, respectively, on or before the Amendment Date from any and all claims of infringement of Your Patents to the extent such claims are based on acts prior to the Amendment Date that, had they been performed after the Amendment Date, would have been licensed under this Agreement. As used herein, a Licensee’s “Amendment Date” shall mean the later of the date an amendment becomes effective under Section 2.1 and the date such Licensee becomes a Lice