Canonical Signs License Agreement With Open Invention Network
Open Invention Network (OIN), the company formed to spur innovation and protect the Linux System, announced today that Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, has become an OIN licensee, providing Ubuntu users and developers IP protection.
Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. This enables companies like Canonical to continue to make significant corporate and capital expenditure investments in Linux - helping to fuel economic growth.
"We are pleased to have Canonical become a licensee of Open Invention Network's patents," said Jerry Rosenthal, chief executive officer of Open Invention Network. "Canonical is one of a growing number companies, world-wide, that understand that the openness and collaborative culture of the Linux community is an engine for innovation. OIN continues to acquire intellectual property that will protect Linux developers, distributors and users, today and years into the future."
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