Path To Conformance

Organizations in this stage may be asking:

• What are open source risk? How can failing to comply with open source obligations impact engineering, business and legal teams?
• How do I communicate the importance of open source compliance to my partners or within my own organization?
• What are the benefits of open source compliance?

Official Project Resources:

• Onboarding Slide Deck – OpenChain-On-Boarding-1.1-Final.pdf (PDF); openchain-onboarding-slides-1.0-Revised5.pdf (PDF – Japanese); OpenChain On-Boarding 1.0 Portuguese v03.pdf (PDF – Portuguese); Download (PDF – German); Download (PPTX – German); Download (ODP – German)
• Compliance for Everyone Presentation – Download (PDF); Download (PPTX)

Organizations In This Stage May Be Asking:

• What are the benefits of OpenChain conformance?
• What are key elements of the OpenChain project?
• What are requirements for joining the community? For obtaining/implementing the specification?

Official Project Resources:

• OpenChain Specification
  • Version 1.2: openchainspec-1.2.pdf (PDF); 20181024_OC_Spec_v1.2_Translation-DE.pdf (PDF – German); OpenChain-Specification-1-2.pdf (PDF – Hindi); openchain-specification-1.2-it.pdf (PDF – Italian); openchainspec-1.2_jp.pdf (PDF – Japanese); openchainspec-1.2-kr.pdf (PDF – Korean)
  • Version 2.0 Draft – Download (PDF)
  • [Add Version 1.1, Version 1.0? Or maintain current resource list?]
• OpenChain Overview – https://www.openchainproject.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2017/09/A4_outlined.pdf
• OpenChain Guide  – OpenChain-On-Boarding-1.2-Final.pdf (PDF); openchain-onboarding-1.0-zh_CN.pdf (PDF – Simplified Chinese); openchain-onboarding-handout-1.0-Revised2.pdf (PDF – Japanese); OpenChain On-Boarding 1.0 – Portuguese v03.pdf (PDF – Portuguese)
• OpenChain Handout – https://www.openchainproject.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2017/11/OpenChain_OnePager_v2_ac.pdf
• OpenChain for Management – Download (PDF); Download (DOCX)

Organizations In This Stage May Be Asking:

• How do I assess my current compliance status?
• How do I publicize OpenChain conformance?
• Do I conform to a certain version of OpenChain? Do I need to update compliance processes for new versions?

Official Project Resources:

1. Self-Certify Online – https://www.openchainproject.org/conformance
   
2. Self-Certify Manually – https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_conformance_conformance_check_1.1.pdf

Organizations In This Stage May Be Asking:

• What compliance processes do I need?
• What do I need to know to perform a risk assessment?
• What processes have other OpenChain community organizations used?

Official Project Resources:

• OpenChain Resources – Slide Deck – https://www.openchainproject.org/curriculum
  1. Curriculum Slides 1.2 (Tooling Merged) – Download (PPTX)
  2. Curriculum Slides 1.2 – Download (ODP); Download (PDF); Download (PPTX)
  3. Curriculum 1.1 (Simplified Chinese) – Download (PDF); Download (PPTX); Download (ODP)
  4. Curriculum 1.1 (Traditional Chinese) – Download (PDF); Download (PPTX); Download (ODP)
  5. Curriculum 1.1 (Japanese) – Download (PDF); Download (PDF with notes); Download (PPTX)

OpenChain Resources – Other Content

• 1. Tooling Overview – Download (PPTX); Download (PDF); Download (ODF)
  2. M&A Checklist – Download
  3. Flowcharts
     • Workflow: Including Open Source – flowchart-0.pdf
     • Workflow: Distribution Type – flowchart-1.pdf
     • Workflow: Deliver with Product – https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/curriculum/raw/master/flowcharts/flowchart-2.pdf
     • Workflow: Firmware with Source – flowchart-3.pdf
     • Workflow: Written Offer – flowchart-4.pdf
     • Workflow: Linking Type – flowchart-5.pdf
     • Curriculum Flowcharts (Chinese) – Download (PDF); Download (ODT)
  4. Recommended Compliance Practices – Download (PDF)
  5. Recommended Engineering Practices – Download (PDF)
  6. Reusing Software Guide – Download (PDF)
  7. Including License Info Guide – https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/curriculum/blob/master/guides/including_license_info.rst
  8. Kanban
     • Kanban template – Download (XLSX); Download (ODS)
     • Kanban template source code control – Download (XLSX); Download (ODS)
• Open Source Policy Template – https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2019/01/17/openchain-open-source-policy-template-now-available
• OpenChain FAQ – https://www.openchainproject.org/faq