 Open Air is a legal entity. This is a major milestone in the lifetime of this entire effort, and it couldn't have come at a more opportune time. The principles of openness in scholarly communication are really embraced now by policymakers who issue national mandates all across the globe. Scientists are slowly, but certainly in increasing numbers, are embracing openness, and the whole research life cycle is democratized. With the legal entity now in place, Open Air will spearhead even more the issues of open access and open science in Europe, but also in collaboration with others across the globe. Also, Open Air is a major component of the European Open Science Cloud. As we say, it brings the O into use, and now with the legal entity in place, it will be able to contribute into the development of the use in a more robust and more comprehensive way. All of us in the Open Air family are really excited that the legal entity is finally in place.