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OpenChain Webinar: Tim Bird of Sony on ‘Issues with Open Source License Compliance in Consumer Electronics’ @ 5pm Pacific today (Monday) – 9am Beijing/Taipei – 10am Seoul/Tokyo (Tuesday).

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Our regular bi-weekly webinar will cover an exciting topic at 5pm Pacific today (Monday) – 8am Beijing/Taipei – 9am Seoul/Tokyo (Tuesday).

Tim Bird of Sony will cover ‘Issues with Open Source License Compliance in Consumer Electronics’, a variant of a speech recently delivered at Open Source Summit Europe, and made available live here for audiences in the USA and Asia.

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OpenChain Japan Planning Sub-Work Group Meeting, December 16th @ 2pm JST

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The Japan Planning Sub-Work Group will host a virtual meeting on the 16th of December. The topic of the next meeting is ‘OSS training for software engineers based on the OpenChain specification.’ Our presenter is Iwata San from Hitachi.

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Check Out the Historical Information on this Topic

Learn More About This Sub-Group

And in Japanese!

Planning SGでは、Japan WG次回オンライン全体会合を
2020年12月16日(水) 14:00-15:30
で企画中です。

次回会合のトピックですが、教育Subgroupで作成した
資料を基に、「SW開発者向けのOSSトレーニング」
を企画しています。

教育SGリーダーの岩田さんに講師をお願いしています。

資料は以下にあります:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

詳細が決まりましたら、改めてご連絡いたします。

どなたでも参加できますので、予定の確保をお願いします。

OpenChain Korea Meeting #8 – 2nd of December @ 2pm local time

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The OpenChain Korea Work Group will hold its 8th meeting on December 2nd. The event will run from 14:00 to 16:00 Korea time. Everybody is welcome to join. Dial in details below.

Agenda

NoAgendaSpeakerSlide
1OpenChain UpdateShane Coughlan, Linux Foundation
2현대자동차 오픈소스 거버넌스 체계 구축현대자동차 백송하
3SCA(Software Composition Analysis) Market 동향카카오 황민호(Robin)
4Olive 전격 공개카카오 황민호(Robin)
5Case StudyAll
5OpenChain KWG UpdateSK텔레콤 장학성
6Free DiscussionAll

Case Study

  • 주제 : 오픈소스 컴플라이언스 / 보안취약점 점검 대상 분류
    • 폰트에 대해서도 오픈소스 컴플라이언스 활동을 수행하는지? (예: Open Font)
    • 회사가 사내 직원용 모바일 앱(안드로이드, iOS)을 배포하는지? 그렇다면 이에 대해서도 오픈소스 컴플라이언스 활동을 수행하는지?
    • 오픈소스 보안취약점 점검 대상은 어떻게 분류하는지? 배포하는 소프트웨어 뿐만 아니라, 인프라 용, 서버 용으로 사용 중인 소프트웨어에 대해서도 점검 대상으로 포함시키는지?

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The Korea Mailing List (in Korean) is here

OpenChain: International Standard for Open Source Compliance – Certification Options – Full Recording

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The OpenChain Project hosted a special three hour mini-summit to explain the three options for compliance to the International Standard for open source compliance. Learn about self-certification, independent assessment and third-party certification from the experts in each area.

Part 1 – Self-Certification (1 hour session)

The core of the International Standard for open source license compliance is self-certification. This is a process where a company reviews the requirements of the standard and checks whether their current processes match these requirements. If necessary, a company can make adjustments to processes. Self-certification can be accomplished in several ways. The most common are:

  1. Using the OpenChain self-certification web application, a free online service.
  2. Using a downloadable version of the OpenChain self-certification questionnaire, a free service.
  3. Using the Industry Standard text itself, also freely available.

Part 2 – Independent Compliance Assessment (1 hour session)

Companies often want assistance in adopting an International Standard. One common form is Independent Assessment, where a knowledgable service provider reviews a company’s processes and provides objective feedback on where adjustments or improvements may be necessary. The OpenChain International Standard for open source compliance has a process called “Independent Compliance Assessment” that is provided by trusted partners of the project. These partners may be law firms or service vendors. Two of our existing partners, Source Code Control (UK) and AlektoMetis (Germany), hosted a session explaining this approach and their respective service offerings.

Part 3 – Third-Party Certification (1 hour session)

In some markets third-party certification is an important part of inter-company relationships. Examples are automotive, infrastructure and aviation, where strict regulation and regular audits are well-served by formal certification by third-parties. The OpenChain International Standard for open source compliance approaches third-party certification in the same way as other International Standards. Two of our existing partners, PwC (Germany) and Orcro (UK), hosted a session explaining this approach and their respective service offerings.

The Outcome

At the end of this mini-summit

Join Us @ 15:00 ~ 18:00 CET / UTC+1 – 29th October 2020

This will be a Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 999 012 0120
Password: 123456

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OpenChain Education Work Group Revival! – Meetings #1 and #2 – New Online Free Training

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Balakrishna @ Bosch led the revival of the OpenChain Education Work Group with two meetings exploring the creation of online training for the International Standard for open source license compliance. Catch up and contribute via these recordings and by subscribing to our list.

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OpenChain Webinar – Open Source Software – a modern world opportunity and risk – 12th November – 3PM CET

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ITAM Channel, part of the ITAMOrg international membership organization for ITAM Professionals, is hosting a webinar covering OpenChain on the 12th of November.

In this webinar you will hear about how open source is used in the supply chain, the risks associated with open source and strategies to manage this. We will also discuss the latest standards such as the new ISO standard being published from the OpenChain Project with support from many of the larger vendors incl. Arm, Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm.

Event speakers are Martin Callinan of Source Code Control and Shane Coughlan, General Manager at OpenChain

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OpenChain @ Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2020 – Full Recording

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On October 28th at 19:30 GMT Shane Coughlan spoke at Open Source Summit Europe 2020. His talk explored the process of building and deploying the first Linux Foundation ISO standard in fourteen years in collaboration with the Joint Development Foundation. It explained why the evolution from de facto industry standard to formal standardization was important for open source compliance in the context of areas like sales, procurement and M&A.

OpenChain @ DLA Piper’s Open Source In-House Counsel Discussion on November 11th

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DLA Piper will be holding their next OSS In-house Counsel Discussion from 5 pm to 6:30 pm PST on November 11, 2020. 

The legal issues in open source software are becoming more complex, with new considerations arising rapidly. This event will provide a venue managed by and for in-house counsel where they can discuss open source legal issues under the Chatham House Rule.

It will host the following discussions 

1.      Open Source Software Compliance in Containers by Scott Peterson of Redhat, Inc.

 2.      OpenChain as an ISO Standard by Shane Coughlan of the Linux Foundation 

There will also be the usual summary of selected recent issues by Mark Radcliffe and Chris Stevenson of DLA Piper. 

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