Infosys joins open source community to share intellectual property with cos

IT services firms are shifting towards digital platforms to increase demand for pay-as-you-use model

India's second largest IT service firm Infosys on Tuesday became a community member of Open Invention Network (OIN), joining global firms such as Google, IBM and Toyota to share intellectual property on Linux programmes developed between organisations. OIN is the largest open source software community with 2,000 members.

With more customers of Infosys in banking and other sectors across the different countries using open source to develop many consumer-focused applications, the company believes open source software is important.

The OIN allows Infosys to access the intellectual property from other companies through a sourced pool and without paying a royalty fee.

The Indian IT services