# ReactOS Joins Open Invention Network

DevFeed: [ReactOS Joins Open Invention Network](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reactos-joins-open-invention-network-33217.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-joins-open-invention-network/>)

Published: 2014-10-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [opensource](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opensource.md>), [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>)

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## AI overview

The ReactOS Foundation joined the Open Invention Network, a defensive patent pool established to help protect Linux through shared patent protection. The article presents the decision as ReactOS's contribution to the open-source community.

## Source excerpt

The ReactOS Foundation officially joins the Open Invention Network! The Open Invention Network is a shared defensive patent pool with the mission to protect Linux. Launched in 2005, OIN has strong industry support with backing from Google, IBM, NEC, Philips, Red Hat, Sony and SUSE (a business unit of Novell). ReactOS is just a small piece in this big opensource world and even if we're not a Linux project, helping to protect the opensource spirit is, and will always be, a must for us.