Amazon and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have joined the patent non-aggression consortium the Open Invention Network (OIN). Founded in 2015, the OIN buys patents and then licenses them royalty-free to its members, who have all agreed not to enforce their own patents against Linux-based projects, within limits.  This can help to fight an activity that is commonly known as ‘patent trolling’, where people try and enforce their patents far beyond their true legal rights, often in an attempt to extort payments.
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