OIN 2.0: The Patent Non-Aggression Community for Open Source in China and Beyond
summary
OIN 2.0 launches January 2026 and rapidly adds members so that in seven months it covers 1M+ patents and applications (compared with 3M+ under 1.0), pledging patent non‑aggression over expanding open‑source scopes like cloud and AI, funding via community dues (major contributors ≈ $24,000 per large company, small companies pay nothing), and operating defensive tools—prior art, pre‑issuance submissions—and a package‑scanner GitHub script under Apache license to nominate uncovered packages.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:14What OIN does and why it matters
- 7:08Patent threats
- 10:40OIN 1.0 to 2.0
- 13:30Call for OSPOs
- 16:41Patent non-aggression value
- 17:43Open source future in China
- 20:14Q&A
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