Get the latest update on Linux System nominations, PREVAIL & more Open Source news around the world.

LINUX SYSTEM DEFINITION NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN!

If you have Open Source tech packages and/or applications you want protected from patent attacks, nominate them today! Deadline is November 21st @ 12am EST.

Start your nomination here +

PREVAIL UPDATE

We touched base with you last month and appreciate all of you who reached out to your Senators. Thanks in part to your efforts, the Senate canceled the committee meeting on PREVAIL & PERA entirely, scrapping it at the last minute, and now Congress is now in recess, but it was a great outcome that was possible only because of collaboration.

Lobbyists may try again in the next session after the election but will certainly try again next term. But what a setback. They tried hard — and failed — to get enough votes to pass these bad bills out of committee at the 11th hour & advance them for next term. Instead, they went nowhere. Our collective efforts also helped reveal their argument flaws, & will give us time to counter their false narratives. We will continue to oppose these efforts to roll back the clock & patent litigation.??

AROUND THE WORLD

Is Europe well-positioned to lead the Open Source AI wave? Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Meta — an OIN member — and Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, think so. Read More +

The debate in India about the best approach relative to Open or Closed Source GenAI mirrors what is going on in Silicon Valley. Read More +

The United States government is putting $11 million into an assessment study to evaluate Open Source Software (OSS) security. Read More +

The WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin share their “Future of Open Source” presentation. Watch Video +

Neurotechnology introduces the 1st Lithuanian Large Language Model (LLM), aimed to promote AI solutions in the region. Read More +

OIN HEADLINES

Our CEO, Keith Bergelt makes IAM’s list as one of the Top 300 “World’s Leading IP Strategists” — an accolade he has received every year for over a decade.

Forbes covers how the Linux Foundation & Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) are furthering community efforts to defend Open Source Software (OSS) from Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs).

IAM looks at Why Patents are Essential for Innovation & OIN’s Role. ?

OIN NEW MEMBERS

The world’s #1 mobile charging brand & most successful brand built on Amazon, Anker Innovations joins our Open Source community! ?Read More +

Citizens Bank joins OIN and other community members in ?its industry including Barclays, NatWest, RBC, Wells Fargo, TD Bank, Truist & others!? Read More +

We welcome Liberty Mutual Group – the world’s 6th largest global Property & Casualty insurance company & the 5th largest in the United States — to OIN! ?Read More +

A winner of multiple awards, RSM Australia ?— the leading global assurance, auditing, tax & consulting services provider in Australia — joins OIN! ?Read More +

MEMBER NEWS

“5 of the Top 10 CRM Software Programs 2024” are OIN members — Salesforce, SugarCRM, Zoho, SAP & Microsoft. Read More +

Qwen-72B-Instruct LLM placed 1st across multiple benchmarks with Alibaba as #1 among the world’s "Top 10 Large Language Models (LLMs)," according to Hugging Face’s newest rankings. ? Read More +?

Electronic Design interviews Francis Chow, VP & GM for In-Vehicle Operating System & Edge at Red Hat — part of IBM — about how the tech giant is addressing Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) & its In-Vehicle Operating System.??Read More +

Alibaba develops a new video generation tool — Tora — based on Sora’s Open Source model.? Read More +

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Fusion Conference goes live in Atlanta, GA, October 22-23rd. This event brings together experts & practitioners to address critical challenges in Open Source & security.

Register by October 11th to save $150.? Register here +

We’re proud to sponsor All Things Open?—? the largest Open Source, Web & Tech Conference on the East Coast — & offering you an exclusive 20% OIN member discount on tickets Oct. 27-29th in Raleigh, NC.

Register here for discount +

Our CEO Keith Bergelt will deliver “Best Practices for Reducing Patent Risk to Open Source Software Projects” at the Linux Foundation’s annual Open Source Summit Japan Oct 28-30th & then speaks at the Open Compliance Summit Oct. 30-31st about "Protecting Open Source and Companies' Intellectual Property Rights."

Register here +

SAVE THE DATE

The Open Forum Academy Symposium — an interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Digital Design Institute at Harvard University in Boston, MA — brings together researchers & practitioners from Open Source Nov. 13-14th.

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OIN is proud to sponsor the?11th?EU Open Source Policy Summit 2025?— the largest Open Source conference in Europe. Open Forum Europe (OFE) hosts the annual event to take place in Brussels, Belgium, January 31st. ?

Register here +

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