January 27, 2026 — OIN announces a new initiative, OIN 2.0, with an updated license, expanded Linux System definition & its first fee structure. For developers, vendors, and users, OIN 2.0 raises the bar for would-be patent aggressors by binding more participants, in more jurisdictions, into a single non‑aggression pact around a broader slice of the Open Source stack. Steven Vaughan-Nichols from OpenSourceWatch says this transformation reflects the biggest change in the patent non‐aggression consortium’s 20‐year history.
