Support Software Open Source, D-Link Joins Open Invention Network Community

D-Link has officially joined the Open Invention Network community (photo: D-Link)

JAKARTA - D-Link has announced that it is now officially a member of the Open Invention Network (OIN) community to protect open source software from patent risk and promote open collaboration and innovation.

As a global leader in network and connectivity solutions for consumers, companies, and service providers, D-Link is aware of the benefits and values of support for the development of Open Source Software (OSS). According to him, open source culture is based on engagement, collaboration, and collective intelligence that encourages the best perspectives and innovations.

By participating in the OIN community, D-Link demonstrates its commitment to adopting OSS as the foundation for its network solutions and protecting open source innovations from patent risk.

"More than 70 percent of D-Link's network and communication solutions have implemented open source software since the early stages of research and development," said Mark Chen, President of D-Link in a statement received in Jakarta.

The joining of D-Link with the OIN community has made Chen ambitious to continue to advocate for OSS and non-aggression patents, and hopes that they can contribute to the OIN community to encourage innovation.

"We are pleased that D-Link uses open source code in its products and welcomes its commitment to patenting non-aggression patents on Linux cores and related open source technologies required in OIN licensing," said Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network.

"The spread of the same values in terms of patent risk mitigation coupled with wider adoption of the rigorous compliance management process creates a context for Governance's IP Governance driven by OIN among all members of its community," he added.

For information, the OIN community practiced patent non-aggression on the Linux core and open source technology related to cross licensing for Linux System patents with each other on a royalty-free base.

Similarly, OIN licenses its patents in a royalty-free manner to organizations agreeing not to sue their patents against the Linux System. The OIN license can be signed online at http://www.j-oin.net/.