October 13, 2020 — The Register features OIN’s announcement — “OIN Adds Microsoft’s exFAT to Linux System Definition” — as the lead story in its software section. OIN has removed patent friction in core Open Source and Linux-related technologies since it was created in 2005. This news further reduces the patent risk associated with Open Source Software (OSS) and core Linux technologies with the expansion of 520 new software components, which brings the total number of Linux System-protected packages to 3,393.