Glossary

Open Invention Network teamed with Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the Linux Foundation to launch the Asian Legal Network to provide a [ … ]

A cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their Intellectual Property to the other [ … ]

First-to-Invent implies the date of conception when the inventor first conceived of the invention in its complete form. The [ … ]

Free and open-source software is software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software.

Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Free Software gives everybody the rights [ … ]

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share, and [ … ]

The GPL Cooperation Commitment is a statement by GPLv2 and LGPLv2.x copyright holders and other supporters that gives licensees a fair chance to [ … ]

Information and Communications Technology is a term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications [ … ]

Intellectual Property (IP) is a legal category of property which includes intangible creations of the human intellect. Many types of IP exists, and [ … ]

The License On Transfer (LOT) Network is a nonprofit community of companies created in 2014 to combat Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs). Start-up [ … ]