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About OIN

OIN believes greater diversity of thought, perspective and talent drives higher levels of innovation. We promote the idea that Open Source technologies provide a new business model which distills collective and global intelligence.

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Our Community

With 3,800+ members from more than 100 countries, we’re the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Together, we support freedom of action in Linux as a key element of Open Source & help members reduce patent risks.

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Our License Agreement

All members sign the same agreement to cross-license their Linux System patents royalty free in a community which owns over 2.8 million patents & applications. Members also gain access to OIN’s portfolio of 74 IP assets.

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UNISOC is committed to the independent development and design of core chips in the field of mobile communications and AIoT, and Linux and open source software are the key elements of our technology development. By joining the OIN community, Zhanrui demonstrates its strong commitment to innovation and will continue to support patent protection for projects such as Linux.  
Yang JiejingHead of Legal DepartmentUNISOC