Why Leading Companies Join OIN 2.0
For technology companies, Open Source is a shared dependency — and therefore a shared strategic exposure. OIN 2.0 enables companies to reduce patent risk collectively while strengthening the ecosystem on which their products, services and innovation depend. With the average patent dispute costing millions of dollars, OIN membership represents more than protection. It is a strategic investment in business continuity, innovation freedom and the ability to build on Open Source with greater confidence.
For Open Source developers, vendors and users, every new OIN 2.0 member strengthens the network. More participants, broader technology coverage and greater collective patent ownership raise the barrier to patent aggression and reinforce a global environment where Open Source innovation can continue to thrive.
Join more than 300 OIN 2.0 members representing more than 1 million patents and applications and $3.2 trillion in collective annual revenue. Become part of the community helping protect the Open Source infrastructure on which the next generation of innovation will be built.
We currently have 402 OIN 2.0 members.
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[tucano.space]
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3D Over Easy
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3NSoft Inc.
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9usrcraft.com
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Ability Enterprise Co., LTD
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AboutCode Europe ASBL
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Accton Technology Corporation
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Acuron AI Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Adaxa Pty Ltd
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Adenix GNU/Linux
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Adeptify Technologies Private limited
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AdStack LLC
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AegisLink
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Aeputnas Technology
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Agustin Benito Bethencourt (toscalix)
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AI Kyro (InnoPi Pvt Ltd)
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Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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Alcodex Technologies Pvt Ltd
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Alemeno Private Limited
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Alibaba Group Holding Limited
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AlmaLinux OS Foundation
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AlphaOne LLC
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Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
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Amazon.com, Inc.
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Amber
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Amutable GmbH
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Ant Group Co., Ltd.
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AntherOS
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Apaq
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Aperture Robotics, LLC.
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appilis LLC
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Aptira
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Arcanum
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Argent Systems SRL
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Arnox IT Limited (Kim Covil)
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Array
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arx.net SA
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Asociación Iot
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atvari GmbH
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Auspex Labs Inc.
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Automa Avinya
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AvQuint Innovations Pvt Ltd
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axpdev lab
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Beijing Co Wheels Technology Co., Ltd. (北京罗克维尔斯科技有限公司)
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Belimbing
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Beverse Innovations
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BigBlueButton Inc.
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Bitergium S.L.L. (Bitergia)
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Block, Inc.
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BlueTile
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BossMa Studio Works Private Limited
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BSVS Farmtech Pvt Ltd
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Built For Rina LLC
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ByteDance Ltd. / 字节跳动有限公司
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CacheGuard Technologies Ltd
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CacheGuard Technologies SAS
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Canon Inc.
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Canonical Limited
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Cansonic Inc.
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CASS AIOT Private Limited
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Catswords Research
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Causal-Inference-Methodology (陈远)
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celestia-foundation
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CellRepair Systems Prosta Spółka Akcyjna
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Century R&D Institute (Motion Edge)
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Cerberix Linux
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CheckAg Pvt Ltd
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Clarvia ASBL
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CloakLLM
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Clonezilla
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Cloud Linux Software, Inc.
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CloudI
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Collabora Ltd
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Collabora Productivity Limited
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Commonhaus Foundation
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Communitas Supportive Care Society
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Containai.ai
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CONUS.NET LLC
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Courier Mail Server
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cpprun
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Creditandpayable
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CSOAI LTD
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DANVA BV
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Dark Star Consulting Group
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Data-Warehouse GmbH & Pcert Inc
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DataJourneyHQ
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Datazip Solutions India Private Limited
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Deeps Systems
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Defora Networks GmbH
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DEVIK DESIGN SYSTEM Ltd.
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Dhiway Networks Private Limited
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Digital Beings Sole Proprietorship
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Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.
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DigTech Transformation Africa Initiative (DTAI)
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Dok Alalai
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DoliCloud
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Dovecor Digital CC
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DUO 515 İthalat İhracat Ve Yazılım Sanayi Ticaret Limited Şirketi
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Dynatrace LLC
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Dynavix a.s.
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e Foundation
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E-Governance/Internet Governance Foundation for Africa
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E-VALUATE AI LLP
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Eclipse Foundation AISBL
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EcoBear Technology Corp.
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EcoFlyp
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Edgeberry
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EDL Systems
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Eklektix
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Elastx AB
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Elytra Security Private Limited
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embear GmbH
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Emdalo Technologies
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enum GmbH
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Envox d.o.o.
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eric IDE
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ERIONEX INC.
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Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)
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Expirion Linux
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FADMA CLOUD QUANTUM GATEWAY
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Fen Systems Ltd
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Flexicloud Hosting
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FluffNet LLC
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Foresign Co., Ltd.
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Forzeo
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Freethought Labs (OPC) Pvt Ltd
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Freexian
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Fujitsu Limited
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Gamitar Inc.
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Garuda Linux
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Geckr Ltd
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GILJOAI
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Glaucus Linux
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Global Assessment Technologies LLC
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GLYXEN
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GNOME Foundation
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GNU Parallel
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Google
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GParted
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GR-K-GDSS (Cryptographically keyed GDSS)
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GraphDefined GmbH
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Gratis
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Greek-Fire Corporation
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Gudswap Circular Ventures Private Limited
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Hacktisch
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Handsome Gato Inc
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Harkerbyte
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Hawknetics LLC
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Herding Open Source Management Consultants Ltd.
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Hexindecimal Services Pvt. Limited
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hollowaykeanho.com
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HotelDruid
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hsrfounders
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Humotica
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Hunan Kylin Xin’an Technology Co., Ltd./湖南麒麟信安科技股份有限公司
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Hyperion Consulting
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Hyphae Research Foundation
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Hyphero
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Hyundai Motor Company
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IA_AUT_ECO
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iASPEC Technologies Limited
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IBM (acquired Red Hat)
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ICOSELE ORGANISATION LTD
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iDeal OS
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Ideas on Board
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IGGO, LLC dba IG Digital Lab
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INCEPTION KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS LLP
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Incore Semiconductors Pvt Ltd
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IndyKite
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Infolitz Software Pvt Ltd
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Intelligent Technology Traders Limited
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Internet Systems Consortium, Inc
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IntPurple Technologies LLP
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IOTA Stiftung
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IronTree Software
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Jasper Open Source Spectrometer
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Jinn AI
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Jio Platforms Limited
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Joy of Source
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JuliaHub
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KairoOS
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KeeWeb
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Kelsoko (project Optibase)
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Keycafe Inc.
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Khwarizm Consulting
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Kia
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KinetiStack
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Kitano ICT (translatewiki.net)
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Kyndryl, Inc.
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LaserData, Inc
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LASTBYTE AI LABS PRIVATE LIMITED
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LazyLinux
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Lemke Software GmbH
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libzupt
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Linux TV
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Lumentum Holdings Inc.
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Lumina Linux
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LUNUX
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M2X BV
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Maersk A/S – IT
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Marijn Haverbeke (CodeMirror, Lezer, ProseMirror)
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MarkOv Solutions
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Marworx Technologies Private Limited
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Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG
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Memoric AI LLP
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MemphisLinux
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Mercedes Benz AG
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Merktop
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Meshed Insights Ltd
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Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Microsoft
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minilib (Shinichiro Takayama)
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Mistral AI SAS
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Mixxx e.V.
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Monitman LLC
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Moselwal Digitalagentur GmbH
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Mr. Probot Ltd.
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MTU Aero Engines AG
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Murena SAS
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MUS.llc
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MxOS
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Mythicsoft Limited
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NawaOS
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Nayi Disha
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Nd FORGE Inc.
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NEC
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Necromancer forensics
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Neev Tech Labs Pty Ltd
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Neill Consulting Ltd
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Netavanza (Gustavo Zapico)
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Netberg Ltd.
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New Local Media
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nexB Inc.
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Nexus Foundation of Computer Science and Cybersecurity
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Ningxia DeepBlue Intelligent Drive Technology Co., Ltd. (宁夏深蓝智驱科技有限公司)
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NiPreps
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Nirvati UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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Nitrokey (formerly Crypto Stick)
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Nixovena Linux & AI Labs
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NodeWeaver Corp.
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NoID Privacy
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NorthTech Computer
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NoScript
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Novamira
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Nummist Media Corporation Limited
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Nurge
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Nyallo Informatique
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Obook Holdings Inc.
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Octarange Technologies
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ode4j – Open Dynamics Engine for Java
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OETIKER+PARTNER AG
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Offcode Ltd.
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Olympus Corporation
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Omarine (Tuyen Pham Thanh)
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OneClarity
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Open Culture Foundation (開放文化基金會)
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Open Source Automation Development Lab eG (OSADL)
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Open-IT cz, s.r.o.
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open-slx gmbh
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Open-Xchange AG
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OPENGIS.ch
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OpenSSL Software Foundation
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Optimoney Technologies Pvt Ltd
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Orcro Limited
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Orynr LLC
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OSSYN
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OVH GROUPE
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OW2
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P31 Labs Inc
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Parch Linux
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Passbolt
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Philips
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Pionix GmbH
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Polymorphic Security Platform (predator-os linux)
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Postfix
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Praxia, LLC
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Precision Innovations Inc (acquired by Siemens) (11)
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Pretecno S.A.S. di Pretto Luca
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PrivacySafe
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Proactive Patents
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ProcoliX
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ProductivIA Inc.
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Protocol Wealth LLC
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ProwlrOS
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psyche-games.com
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Python CalDAV client libary
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R Buy Solutions Private Ltd
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Radon Media
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Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd.
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RELIANOID
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Renesas Electronics
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Renewable Freedom Foundation
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Rillan AI LLC
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Rivera Digital Solutions
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roaiq Technologies Pvt. Ltd
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Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship
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RosarioSIS
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Ryovx
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Saki Computer Services Pty. Ltd.
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Samanvay Foundation
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Sanchai Analytics Private Limited
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Sang Engineering
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SAP SE
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Sardina Systems Ltd
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Savinvest UK
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Scan Open Source Solutions SL (SCANOSS)
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SCOUT
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Scrite
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ScyllaDB
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Search for Truth and Return to Science (START)
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SecurityOps (Cristian Cezar Moisés)
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Serious Cybernetics
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SHECHET AI COMPANY INC
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Shopify Inc.
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Shrike Linux Uganda
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SigmaExacta (Javier Casal Gómez)
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Silex Labs
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Simisify Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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Skaphos
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SMA Solar Technology AG
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Small Step Systems GmbH
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SocialMagic Private Limited
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SoftSafe Tech (软安科技)
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Sony
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Spark Linux
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Sporniket-Studio.com (David Sporn)
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StackOS Genesis
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stampcoin-platform
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STANDS GUADALAJARA
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Stichting Blender Foundation
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Stichting NixOS Foundation
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Stiftelsen Digipomps
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stillHQ, LLC
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StoneHouseMarketing Solutions, Inc.
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Striae
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SUBARU CORPORATION
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SuiteCRM Ltd
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sunrise design oHG
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Superwired-Labs
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SUSE
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SWIFTSCALE SOFTWARE LLP
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sysgenpro
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sysmocom
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TARIDE
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TaxBox
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TechnologyWise Ltd
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Techvento LLC (SiteSkite)
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TeejeeTech
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Teknokratika Desentralis for Digital Commons (TDfDC) Collective
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Teluu Ltd
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Temporal
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Ternyxon AI
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TESCOM Business Solutions
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TestDisk
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The Bleed Kernel
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The Document Foundation (LibreOffice)
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The FreeBSD Foundation
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The Home Depot, Inc.
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The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (Rocky Linux)
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The Salient Advisory (Shrinath Venkatasubramanian)
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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Tibil Solutions
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TIER IV, INC.
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Tinode LLC
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TITAN OPERATING SYSTEM, SL
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Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
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TLK Vista LLC
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Toshiba Corporation
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Toyota
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Treyee
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Trinlah Sovereign Holdings Corporation
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Trustia AI Technologies
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Tucana Linux
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Tutao GmbH
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Two Nations Consulting Services CC (Baruwa)
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U.S. Bank National Association
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Ufficio Zero Linux OS
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Unwind Ventures LLP
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Varinco Technologies LLP
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VasakOS
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Vates
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Velia AI
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Velocity Linux
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Veromind
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VGLUG FOUNDATION
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Victoria Metrics Inc
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Virtual Protest Protocol (VPP)
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Voxiferi Studios
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Vtiger Systems (India) Private Ltd
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Waymo
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WikiSim
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WinVinaya Infosystems India Private Limited
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WolfTech Innovations
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Xenovate Intellitect
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YakNet
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Yokogawa Electric Corporation
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Youth Association for Development (YAD) Pakistan
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Zainium Dynamics
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Zena Linux
The OIN license agreement provides for community members to limit the scope of their OIN cross-license commitment by taking a “Limitation Election” as described in Section 2.2.
However, there are ongoing commitments from an organization which takes a “Limitation Election.” For example, the electee must provide a continuing license to all organizations which are OIN licensees at the time of the “Limitation Election” based on the Linux System at that time. Because of these continuing commitments, organizations which have taken a “Limitation Election” are included in the list of OIN community members. Please see the Notes below for more information.
Note (1): Aeris Communications, Inc. exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on January 8, 2018.
Note (2): DRMetrix LLC provided written notice on October 8, 2021 of a change of control under section 2.3 of the License Agreement. DRMetrix LLC indicated that such change of control was effective as of October 8, 2021.
Note (3): Geeknet exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on November 30, 2012.
Note (4): Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec/NortonLifeLock and Avast/AVG). Symantec Corp exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on October 8, 2013. Under the terms of the OIN license, Norton LifeLock’s (formerly Symantec) 2022 acquisition of Avast/AVG (Avast is an OIN licensee by virtue of AVG’s execution of the OIN license in 2015) resulted in Gen Digital (new name of NortonLifeLock and Avast/AVG) assuming the OIN license obligation through acquisition.
Note (5): Hewlett-Packard Company exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on August 8, 2013.
Note (6): INFINIDAT provided written notice of a change of control under section 2.3 of the License Agreement. INFINIDAT indicated that such change of control became effective as of April 9, 2026.
Note (7): Nginx, Inc. provided written notice on March 28, 2019 of a change of control under section 2.3 of the License Agreement. Nginx, Inc. indicated that such change of control was effective as of March 9, 2019.
Note (8): NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on December 1, 2016.
Note (9): Oracle exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on March 29, 2012.
Note (10): Orbital ATK exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on March 29, 2018.
Note (11): Precision Innovations Inc provided written notice of a change of control under section 2.3 of the License Agreement. It indicated that such change of control was effective as of July 31, 2026.
Note (12): Scientific Games exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on February 1, 2019.
Note (13): Slock.it exercised a Limitation Election under section 2.2 of the License Agreement on April 10, 2019.
Note (14): StreamUnlimited Engineering GmbH provided written notice of a change of control under section 2.3 of the License Agreement. It indicated that such change of control was effective as of June 8, 2026.
Note (A): Open Invention Network periodically screens its community members against applicable restricted party lists to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable law. As a result, OIN has become aware that certain of its community members are the subject of economic sanctions imposed by certain jurisdictions. These entities were not sanctioned parties at the time they signed the OIN License Agreement. Specifically:
- KNS Group LLC, d/b/a Yadro was added to the U.S. List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN List”) in February 2023.
- Synesis was added to the SDN List in February 2022. Synesis is also subject to economic sanctions imposed by the European Union, EU member states, and United Kingdom.
- ArvanCloud was added to the SDN List in February 2022. ArvanCloud is also subject to economic sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom.
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.
