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Nanjing Fujitsu Nanda Software Technology Co., Ltd. (herein after called ‘FNST’), the second company in China to adopt ISO/IEC 5230:2020, has completed regular recertification for the international standard for open source license compliance. This standard defines the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program, and helps to both reduce errors and increase efficiency across the global supply chain.

ISO/IEC 5230:2020 and ISO/IEC 18974:2023, a sister standard for security assurance, have a regular recertification process to ensure that open source programs are up-to-date and match current organizational strategy and staffing. Recertification can be done through self-certification, independent assessment or third-party certification on a regular 18 month cycle. The OpenChain Project provides extensive certification support via its website: https://www.openchainproject.org/get-started

“The ISO/IEC 5230 recertification process is a key part in ensuring processes are current and match products, services and strategy. FNST’s recertification to our standard for open source license compliance is a clear demonstration of their ongoing commitment to excellence in open source management.” – Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager.

About FNST

FNST is an overseas software development center of Fujitsu Limited, which was jointly established by Fujitsu Limited and Nanjing University in 1999. Since 2003, FNST has been contributing to the open source community with submission of over 18,000 patches for various fields such as Linux kernel, OpenStack and Cloud Native Computing Foundation. FNST has also been one of organizers of China Linux Kernel Developer Conference since 2011. For more information, please see https://www.fujitsu.com/cn/fnst/

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100 countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.7 trillion yen (US$28 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has been building Trust in the Supply Chain Since 2016. Our vision is a supply chain where open source is delivered with trusted and consistent process management information. Our mission is to make that happen. The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. Learn more at https://www.openchainproject.org/

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Volvo Cars has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 conformant program.

“Volvo Cars is committed to a sustainable, meaningful approach to open source engagement,” says Mary Wang, Director of Open Source at Volvo Cars. “Our adoption of ISO/IEC 5230 for helping to manage open source license compliance is part of this strategy. We look forward for working with the OpenChain Project and community as we expand the scope of our program over time, and contribute knowledge and experience to our peers and suppliers.”

“We are delighted to welcome Volvo Cars to our community of conformance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “We are also grateful for their choice to publicly announce this program, and allow us to add their logo alongside contemporaries such as Toyota on our website. The positive momentum in the automotive industry around using ISO standards for open source supply chain management serves as an inspiration to all industries, and is an example of how open source has become not only core to software development, but also aligns with professional, sustainable management practices.”

About Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars was founded in 1927. Today, it is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales to customers in more than 100 countries. Volvo Cars is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, where it is traded under the ticker “VOLCAR B”. 

“For life. To give people the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way.” This purpose is reflected in Volvo Cars’ ambition to become a fully electric car maker by 2030 and in its commitment to an ongoing reduction of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to be a climate-neutral company by 2040. 

As of December 2023, Volvo Cars employed approximately 43,400 full-time employees. Volvo Cars’ head office, product development, marketing and administration functions are mainly located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars’ production plants are located in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The company also has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg and Shanghai (China). 

Learn More About Volvo Cars

• https://www.volvocars.com

On the 2nd of April, the OpenChain AI Study Group continued its monthly AI workshop series to deep dive into the topic of AI compliance. On this call we narrowed down the focus area with a concluding decision to refine the discussion by taking the content of ISO 5230 and seeing what level of overlap there is with AI supply chain compliance. You can check out the full recording for a precise recap.

On the 11th of April, the OpenChain AI Study Group held its new regular recap meeting for Europe / Asia participants. This is not intended to push forward “the state of the art” in the discussion, but rather ensure Asian participants sync with the North America / Europe discussion, and to provide a platform for further input ahead of the next monthly workshop.

The Slides from This Call

OpenChain AI Study Group – Europe and Asia Recap – 2024-04-11 – Full Recording from Shane Coughlan

The Recording of This Call

Track This Work

You can follow and contribute to the work of the OpenChain AI Study Group through its dedicated mailing list. This is open to everyone regardless of industry vertical or speciality. You will find it here:

• https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/ai

Watch The Previous Meeting

The first Workshop to deep-dive into this topic and consolidate ideas was held on the 6th of March 2024:

• https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2024/03/13/outcomes-ai-workshop-2024-03-06

Attend Future Meetings

You can find and get the dial-in details for all future AI Study Group meetings from our participate page here:

• https://www.openchainproject.org/participate

As the chairpersonship batten passes from Nathan to Andrew, Andrew lead a full assessment and discussion on next steps. A ton is happening, with the last year of work including updates to the reference training slides and supplier education leaflet pending release, the Telco SBOM Quality Guide now approved for final review and release as an official OpenChain resources, and new ideas on the table.

Check Out The Full Recording

Review The Slides

OpenChain Education Work Group Monthly Meeting – 2024-04-10 – Full Recording from Shane Coughlan

Be Part Of Next Steps

Join the Education Work Group mailing list to participate in the calls and async editing:

• https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/education

On the 2nd of April the OpenChain AI Study Group continued its monthly AI workshop series to deep dive into the topic of AI compliance in the supply chain with experts from Qualcomm and Arm, and a chance for all parties who dial-in to ask questions or share ideas. On this call we narrowed down the focus area with a concluding decision to refine the discussion by taking the content of ISO 5230 and seeing what level of overlap there is with AI supply chain compliance. This is being done to potentially develop a proposal to the Governing Board to:

• Turn into a work group;
• Write a reference guide on the topic to explain the identified shared areas of concern.

Track This Work

You can follow and contribute to the work of the OpenChain AI Study Group through its dedicated mailing list. This is open to everyone regardless of industry vertical or speciality. You will find it here:

• https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/ai

Watch The Previous Meeting

The first Workshop to deep-dive into this topic and consolidate ideas was held on the 6th of March 2024:

• https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2024/03/13/outcomes-ai-workshop-2024-03-06

Attend Future Meetings

You can find and get the dial-in details for all future AI Study Group meetings from our participate page here:

• https://www.openchainproject.org/participate

emlix offers industrial-grade Linux for the digitalization and secure networking of devices, machines and plant throughout the entire product life cycle. For more than 20 years, they have been transferring system knowledge, innovations from the open source world and market knowledge into the products of more than 350 customers.

Check out their website:

• https://www.emlix.com/en/home/

BlackBerry, OSS Consultants and OpenChain

The OpenChain Project maintains two ISO/IEC standards designed to help optimize business process management around open-source software. One of the standards, ISO/IEC 5230:2020, focuses on how to establish and run a quality open-source license compliance program. Another of the standards, ISO/IEC 18974:2023, focuses on how to establish and run a quality open-source security assurance program. Taken together, these standards provide a reliable, efficient and effective way to manage the open-source supply chain.

This case study will highlight the use of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 by a company providing mission-critical services to enterprise clients around the world.

The Direction Taken

For BlackBerry’s particular use-case, OSS Consultants recommended a centralized solution that enabled a single process to serve the business. This allowed BlackBerry to utilize our expertise to further develop in-house OSPO capabilities, reduce their tooling spend, and provide better holistic coverage based on a single strategy that included a single set of standards and principles.

Key Lesson Learned

The ISO/IEC 5230 recertification process provided an excellent opportunity to assess lessons learned and consider these not only from the company perspective, but also with respect to larger supply chain optimization.

Review and Download the Case Study

We held a special workshop in Shinagawa on March 18^th focused on case studies about open source business process management in China. The main topic was how ISO 5230 and ISO 18974 are being used from upstream project to commercial ecosystem.

We used an operating system ecosystem called openEuler as the basis for our case studies. openEuler is an emerging operating system ecosystem in China with 36.8% of the server operating system market, 17,000+ developers and 500+ projects. It is hosted by the OpenAtom Foundation, and a healthy ecosystem of companies creating products exists around it. OpenChain ISO 5230 and OpenChain ISO 18974 are at the center of how business processes are managed in openEuler.

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The Agenda

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The Afternoon Session:

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Learn More About openEuler:

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On the 6th of March the OpenChain AI Study Group held a special AI workshop instead of the regular AI call. It provided an opportunity to deep dive into the topic with experts from Qualcomm and Arm, and a chance to ask questions or share ideas. The idea was to fold in the ideas shared thus far and seek a single coherent narrative.

Please note, at the request of attendees, this meeting was held under Chatham House Rule, and therefore a recording is not being shared.

The Formal Agenda:

– Opening comments (Dave and Matthew)
– AI Model supply chain issues (Brian)
— Use cases in context of regulatory backdrop
— Open vs. Proprietary
— War stories
— Roundtable
– Dataset supply chain issues (Jeff)
— Use cases and pragmatic practices
— Open vs. Proprietary
— War stories
— Roundtable
– Possible Solutions – how can OpenChain best provide value to the ecosystem (All)
– Closing (Dave and Matthew)

The Outcomes

It was decided that following meetings would:
– Work through key use cases
— Start with LLM – text to text as a first hypothetical
– Work through the Huggingface Model Card example
— https://huggingface.co/templates/model-card-example
— Initial focus will be on what can one should supply when delivering and what one wants to see when receiving

Track This Work

You can follow and contribute to the work of the OpenChain AI Study Group through its dedicated mailing list. This is open to everyone regardless of industry vertical or speciality. You will find it here:

• https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/ai

Attend Future Meetings

You can find and get the dial-in details for all future AI Study Group meetings from our participate page here:

• https://www.openchainproject.org/participate

Korea System Assurance, Inc (KOSYAS), a company that provides security testing and evaluation, network and server security, cloud security, IoT security, control system security and blockchain security, has become the first official third-party certifier for OpenChain in South Korea.

KOSYAS support third-party certification around both OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 (the international standard for open source license compliance) and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974:2023 (the international standard for open source security assurance).

“The availability of local language support and certification for the OpenChain standards is an important step in building maturity in markets,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “We are delighted to welcome KOSYAS to our partner program in the context, and we look forward to building increased support for Korean companies with them in the years ahead.”

Learn More About Their Services:

• https://www.kosyas.com/html/index/