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Shane Coughlan

Shane Coughlan is an expert in communication, security and business development. His professional accomplishments include spearheading the licensing team that elevated Open Invention Network into the largest patent non-aggression community in history, establishing the leading professional network of Open Source legal experts and aligning stakeholders to launch both the first law journal and the first law book dedicated to Open Source. Shane has extensive knowledge of Open Source governance, internal process development, supply chain management and community building. His experience includes engagement with the enterprise, embedded, mobile and automotive industries.

OpenChain Workshop @ Open Source Summit North America

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce we will host an open source license compliance workshop adjacent to Open Source Summit. The workshop will feature new compliance reference material, new training material and new case studies. We will have interactive panels and plenty of networking to ensure an excellent opportunity to get the latest and most useful information about compliance. The workshop is open to everyone and is free of charge.

Date: Tuesday, August 28
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Room 205, Vancouver Convention Centre West
Registration Costs: Complimentary; Pre-registration required

Full Schedule:
13:00 – Welcome and Status Update
13:10 – Work Team – Conformance
13:30 – Forward Planning – Strategy and Tactics
14:00 – Networking Break
14:30 – Adjacent Project Status Overviews
– SPDX
– FOSSology
– Clearly Defined
15:00 – Work Team – Specification
15:50 – Networking Break
16:20 – Work Team – Curriculum
16:40 – Work Team – Onboarding
17:00 – Close

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OpenChain Newsletter #15

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Newsletter – Issue 15 – July 2018

Introduction

The OpenChain Project returned to Asia with significant outreach activities announced for the Chinese language supply chain. We continued to release case studies from Japanese and global stakeholders. The project reference material was also expanded with the release of a second and more detailed set of tooling slides under CC-0.

Events

The OpenChain Project had a strong focus on Taiwan this month, announcing three workshops from the 9th to 12th of August, one of which constitutes the first legal track for the COSCUP conference. COSCUP is the premier open source conference in Taipei and usually attracts a couple of thousand attendees. Each of these workshops will be represented by the OpenChain Project and our friends from Sony and Panasonic.

The first OpenChain workshop was announced for the MOXA company and university in South Taipei with a focus on providing an easy starting point for engaging with compliance issues:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/12/openchain-announces-workshop-in-taipei

The second workshop was announced in conjunction with the Open Culture Foundation (OFC) and focused on providing an intermediate introduction to license management and corporate strategy:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/10/openchain-announces-legal-track-coscup

Finally, the legal track at the COSCUP conference on the 12th August was given a focus on end-to-end compliance discussions to guide project managers from A to Z around key requirements and efficiencies:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/17/openchain-announces-legal-track-coscup-12th-august

Contributions

The OpenChain Project shared two new sets of case studies with the community-at-large.

The first collection of case studies constituted three consumer device company case studies. These encompassed company approaches, priorities and engagement with OpenChain. They are provided in anonymous format from major international stakeholders in both OpenChain and open source more generally.
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/12/openchain-announces-three-consumer-devices-case-studies

The second collection constituted four anonymous open source compliance case studies from Japan. These case studies mark the conclusion of our sequence of releases that saw information shared by Toyota, Hitachi, Sony and many more.
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/17/openchain-announces-four-more-japanese-case-studies

Releases

The OpenChain Project announced the release of a second set of tooling slides. These slides were contributed by Software Compliance Academy, one of our strategic partners in Germany, and built on our first release in May. As with all contributions to the OpenChain learning materials (curriculum and onboarding), these slides are published under the CC-0 license, effectively public domain.
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/07/16/openchain-announces-second-set-of-reference-tooling-slides

Improved Outreach

Work continued on our Japanese translation of the website and web app. Due to some reworking around the code our release schedule slipped from July to a projected late August release:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/06/21/openchain-announces-japanese-website

Work has also begun on the Chinese translation of the OpenChain website. Expect further announcements around this during August.

Summary

The OpenChain Project continues to execute around its strategy of building international bridges and knowledge sharing both in the English language and local languages by country. Of particular note was the release of further case studies and expanded tooling slides as a direct response to community requests. August will see a continuation of outreach activities and a deep dive into our specification update discussions.

License and Trademarks

Copyright 2018 The Linux Foundation. This newsletter is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0). Please feel free to share it onwards! OpenChain is a trademark of The Linux Foundation. It may be used according to The Linux Foundation Trademark Policy and the OpenChain Terms of Use. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

OpenChain Taiwan Compliance Workshop 2018 – 3 Days – 3 Workshops – August 9th to 12th 2018

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The OpenChain Project is hosting three free workshops in Taipei during August. These are designed around the COSCUP Conference and will provide everything from compliance basics through to deep dives. All the events will feature guest speakers from Panasonic and Sony. Everyone is welcome!

To Register:

Compliance – Beginner Overview: 9th August, 13:30-16:30

Location:
MOXA Facility

Address:
Room A401, Fl. 4, No. 135, Lane 235, Baoqiao Rd. Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, 23145 Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 ext. 1945

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Compliance – Real-World Solutions: 10th August, 13:30-17:30

<< OpenChain 開源管理 (3) – An Intelligent Way to Go >>

Location:
Wooji Event Space

Address:
2F., No.12, Ln. 145, Dunhua N. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City

Transportation:
The best way to Wooji is through MRT. Please take Songshan-Xindian Line (Green Line) and get off at Taipei Arena Station (G17), then take Exit 1.

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Compliance – Full Legal Track: 12th August, 09:30-15:30

<< FOSS Compliance – Simple Made Complex >> (Legal track in COSCUP)

Location:
IB503, International Building (IB), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Add:
No.43, Keelung Rd., Sec.4, Da’an Dist., Taipei City 10607

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OpenChain Keynotes @ FOSS4G-Europe

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The OpenChain Project took center stage at the FOSS4G-Europe Conference with a keynote by Malcolm Bain of ID Law Partners, an OpenChain Partner Organization.

This event brings the European FOSS4G community together in face to face meetings and discussions to foster deeper interaction and to share knowledge. The 2018 edition of the conference was organized by Portugal OSGeo Chapter on behalf of the Europe OSGeo Chapter.

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OpenChain Announces Legal Track @ COSCUP – 12th August

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a legal track at the upcoming COSCUP event in Taipei, Taiwan. This event will start at 9:30 in the COSCUP Conference Room IB503 on the 12th August. As always our goal is to build bridges, share knowledge, and lay the foundation for increased trust in software supply chains.

Schedule

An introduction from our hosts

Lucien C.H. Lin 林誠夏, Shane Coughlan)

Open Source Licensing makes a Difference / 開源授權就是不一樣

Florence T.M. Ko 葛冬梅

Software Supply Chain and OSS

Satoru Ueda

Understand and perform the FOSS compliance in a community-driven way / 採社群思維模式做好開源合規

Lucien C.H. Lin 林誠夏

From OpenChain to FOSSology – Compliance in 2018

Shane Coughlan

Break

Introduction of OpenChain Japan WG

Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Shinsuke Kato

OIN Linux系統專利合作計畫

Kevin Huang 黃鴻文

Break

Panel: Different perspectives around compliance

Hosted by Shane Coughlan
Featuring:

  • Hiroyuki Fukuchi
  • Shinsuke Kato
  • Florence T.M. Ko 葛冬梅
  • Lucien C.H. Lin 林誠夏
  • Satoru Ueda
  • Kevin Huang 黃鴻文

Learn More:

• Details of the event in English and Chinese: http://blog.coscup.org/2018/07/2018-full-programme.html?m=1
• General information about COSCUP: https://2018.coscup.org

OpenChain Announces Four More Japanese Case Studies

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of four anonymous open source compliance case studies from Japan. These case studies mark the conclusion of our sequence of releases that saw information shared by Toyota, Hitachi, Sony and many more.

“The OpenChain Japan Work Group has provided strong leadership in developing and releasing knowledge around open source compliance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “A great deal of this knowledge, available in both English and Japanese, is directly useful to companies considering the OpenChain standard, building open source program offices and simply working to get compliance right. After this fantastic run of case studies we look forward to next steps. Watch this space for more reference material, reports and contributions.”

Get The Case Studies Here

OpenChain Announces Second Set Of Reference Tooling Slides

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of a second set of tooling slides. These slides were contributed by Software Compliance Academy, one of our strategic partners in Germany, and build on our first release in May. As with all contributions to the OpenChain learning materials (curriculum and onboarding), these slides are published under the CC-0 license, effectively public domain.

“Reference material covering the real-world use of compliance tooling is a common request for companies all over the globe,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Thanks to our partners in Germany we have been able to directly address this area. We look forward to seeing how people adopt these slides and to their feedback regarding future improvements. As always, everyone is welcome to use our materials, and everyone is welcome to be part of making them better.”

Get The Slides Here:

Get this guide and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

OpenChain Announces Three Consumer Devices Case Studies

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce three consumer device company case studies. These encompass company approaches, priorities and engagement with OpenChain. They are provided in anonymous format from major international stakeholders in both OpenChain and open source more generally.

“The OpenChain Project is first and foremost a way to build trust between companies,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “One of our most frequently requested items to support this process are case studies. Building on our prior releases of automotive case studies along with a raft of releases from Hitachi, Sony, Toyota, Fujitsu and Hitachi Solutions, these case studies offer direct insight into real-world open source compliance programs.”

These anonymous case studies are provided under CC-0 licensing, effectively public domain.

Get The Case Studies

OpenChain Announces Second Workshop in Taipei – 9th August

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The OpenChain Project will host an open source compliance workshop in Taipei on the 9th of August in collaboration with Moxa Systems. This free workshop is targeted towards a general audience and is open to everyone.

Schedule

13:30 ~ 13:40
Opening TBD

13:40 ~ 14:10
Introduction to OpenChain
Mr. Shane Coughlan

14:10 ~ 14:30
OpenChain Experience at Panasonic
Mr. Shinsuke Kato

14:30 ~ 14:50
Q&A

14:50 ~ 15:00
Break

15:00 ~ 15:20
OpenChain Experience at Sony
Mr. Hiroyuki Fukuchi

15:20 ~ 15:40
OSS License Compliance for Software Developers
Mr. Satoru Ueda

15:40 ~ 16:00
Q&A

Venue

Room A401
Fl. 4, No. 135, Lane 235, Baoqiao Rd. Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, 23145 Taiwan, R.O.C
台灣新北市新店區寶橋路235巷135號4樓
Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 ext. 1945

Registration

Please send an email to coughlan [at] linux.com

OpenChain Announces Workshop @ OCF – 10th August

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The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a compliance workshop in partnership with Open Culture Foundation (OCF) in Taipei, Taiwan. This event is in partnership with the Discussion Meeting of FOSS Licensing Issues (DMFLI) and builds on three OpenChain workshops held in Taipei earlier this year. As always our goal is to build bridges, share knowledge, and lay the foundation for increased trust in software supply chains.

Schedule

Time Topic
13:30-14:00 Check-In
14:00-14:30 Understand and perform the FOSS compliance in a community-driven way / 採社群思維模式做好開源合規
Lucien C.H. Lin 林誠夏
14:30-15:00 From OpenChain to FOSSology – Compliance in 2018
Shane Coughlan
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-15:45 How to deal with “stone-head boss
Satoru Ueda
15:45-16:15 Introduction of OpenChain Japan WG
Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Shinsuke Kato
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Panel: Different perspectives around compliance
Host: Shane Coughlan
Panelist: Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Shinsuke Kato, Lucien C.H. Lin 林誠夏, Satoru Ueda

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