Cloud service provider OVHcloud has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN). OIN is a large patent non-aggression community supporting freedom of action in Linux as a key element of open source software (OSS). Funded by Google, IBM, NEC, Philips, Sony, SUSE and Toyota, OIN has more than 3,300 community members and owns more than 1300 global patents and applications. OVHcloud is now committed to licensing the OIN community with its current and future Linux System patent portfolio, in order to promote open innovation and preserve the open community.
This engagement affirms OVHcloud’s approach in terms of Open Innovation and will strengthen the company’s ecosystem, by supporting a world-class open source innovation community, it says.
The open working methods have always been at the heart of its corporate culture, says OVHcloud. As a European alternative cloud provider, OVHcloud aims to actively encourage an ecosystem of advocates to collaborate, innovate, and deliver to open communities.
“Over its 21 years existence, OVHcloud has developed a strong vision on how innovation is critical to empower cloud users, with a relentless effort to base it upon open source and open standards. Joining OIN is a strong asset, in order to keep developing our open innovation roadmap and taking it to the community. By building an open cloud, the company wants to allow everyone to innovate freely and securely!” says Miroslaw Klaba, co-founder & VP of engineering..
“Patent risk has become increasingly complicated to navigate in a cloud-based world, particularly in an environment where Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) and others are becoming ever more aggressive,” said Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network. “We are pleased that OVHcloud, a global leader in cloud services, has joined our community and committed to patent non-aggression in core Linux and adjacent open source technologies."
