Barracuda becomes licensee.

Open Invention Network (OIN) and Barracuda Networks, Inc. have announced that Barracuda Networks has signed a license agreement. By becoming a licensee they join the growing list of companies who are supporting OIN to ensure Linux-based and open source intellectual property protection.

Barracuda joined OIN to help secure the future of Linux by building a legally protected environment where developers can innovate freely. A large number of Barracuda products utilise the Linux Operating System.

Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert their patents against the Linux System. This enables companies to continue to make significant corporate and capital expenditure investments in Linux and open source--helping to fuel economic growth. By developing a web of Linux developers, distributors, sellers, resellers and end-users that license its patent portfolio, OIN and its members are creating a shielded Linux Ecosystem that is a deterrent against organisations looking to harm or slow the pace of Linux and open source growth and adoption.

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