It is a patent pool, and it does not do what #SUSE claims that it'll do https://www.suse.com/c/suse-joins-lot-network-to-protect-open-development-and-innovation/ see http://techrights.org/2021/09/15/wrong-solutions-swpats/ and http://techrights.org/2020/03/27/the-lot-network-paper-club/