Michael Dolan Dot Com

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

New Linux ecosystem developments: Barracuda Networks joins OIN, the Linux Foundation and Japanese government join forces

Today I noticed two articles of interesting news over at Ars Technica:

1) Barracuda Networks has signed on as an OIN licensee which is yet another great pickup for the OIN team.

Security software appliance vendor Barracuda Networks is joining the Open Invention Network (OIN) today as a licensee. In exchange for agreeing not to assert any of their own patents against the Linux software ecosystem, Barracuda will gain royalty-free access to the significant collection of patents held by OIN—which includes the Commerce One web services patents.

2) The Japanese government and the Linux Foundation announced they will be collaborating to advance Linux adoption in Japan.

“Our two organizations are leading the adoption and use of Linux and open-source software, and by working together on joint summits, technology developments and legal activities, we can help Japanese companies promote the use of Linux,” said IPA chairman Buheita Fujiwara in a statement. “Japanese open-source software will continue to play a very important role in the worldwide open source revolution.”