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OpenChain Japan Work Group – 16th Meeting (3rd Virtual) – October 15th @ 2pm Local Time – Keynote Recording
The OpenChain Japan Work Group hosted its 16th meeting at 2pm local time on the 15th of October. This meeting had a special focus on OpenChain Specification 2.0 by Watanabe…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Reaches 200 Contributors from 80 Entities
In October 2020 the OpenChain Japan Work Group reached 200 contributors from 80 entities across 7 work groups. It has been an exceptional two year journey in building out the…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group Meeting #22 – Mid-October 2020 – Full Recording
The latest meeting of the reference tooling work group covered a lot of ground. Check out the full morning and afternoon recordings or dive to one of the new interactive…
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OpenChain @ Line Developer Day 2020 – November 25th at 15:30 JST
The OpenChain Project will be featured at Line Developer Day 2020 on November 25th, 2020 from 15:30-16:10 JST. Shane Coughlan, General Manager, will explain the OpenChain standard for open source…
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OpenChain Webinar @ ITAMOrg – October 22nd at 15:00 CEST
The OpenChain Project will take center stage in a webinar entitled 'Open Source Software - a modern world opportunity and risk' hosted by ITAMOrg. This webinar will take place on…
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SW360 Version 11 Adds Japanese Language Support
Version 11 of SW360 has been released on GitHub. This version supports the Japanese language thanks to the contributions of Hama-san, Dote-san, Koizumi-san and Ninjoji-san from the OpenChain Japan Work…
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CSI Piemonte is OpenChain Conformant
CSI Piemonte has promoted technological innovation and digital transformation for public administrations since 1977. OpenChain is delighted to welcome them to our community of conformance. Learn More About CSI https://www.csipiemonte.it/web/en
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OpenChain Webinar #13 – First Monday of October at 9am Pacific – Build Your Own Open Source Policy With The OSADL template
Join us on October 5th at 9am Pacific as Carsten Emde and Caren Kresse talk about building your own Open Source policy with the OSADL template. This is part of…
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OpenChain Specification Bi-Weekly Call – Fourth Monday September 2020 – Full Recording
The recording of our regular bi-weekly Specification Work Team is now available. https://youtu.be/jLHqemVT0Ks You can join the Specification Mailing List to follow all the activity https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/specification
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OpenChain Specification Bi-Weekly Call – Second Monday September 2020 – Full Recording
The recording of our regular bi-weekly Specification Work Team is now available. https://youtu.be/8FODiNmikjk You can join the Specification Mailing List to follow all the activity https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/specification
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OpenChain Webinar #12 – Community Specification + OpenChain Reference Library – Third Monday September 2020 – Full Recording
https://youtu.be/nwOiIRG-T_U On this episode we had Seth Newberry from Joint Development Foundation join the call and explain how the new Community Specification on GitHub can help projects prepare for building…
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OpenChain Webinar #11 – Open Source Issues Remediation + Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools + CII Best Practices – Full Recording
In our biggest webinar to date, Jari Koivisto talked about Open Source Issues Remediation, Gary O’Neall talked about Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools and David Wheeler talked about CII Best…
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OpenChain Sales and Procurement Leaflet Now Available
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the availability of a new leaflet designed to help Sales and Procurement Departments understand and include the OpenChain standard for open source compliance…
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InterneuronCIC Announces OpenChain 2.0 Conformance
InterneuronCIC was an early adopter of the OpenChain industry standard for open source compliance, and have had an OpenChain 1.2 conformant program for a considerable time. Today they have completed…
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OSSライセンスコンプライアンス啓発の重要性と Promotion SWGの活動について、25日間のまとめ
はじめに メリークリスマス！13日に続いて2度目の登場の遠藤です。最終日の本日は、OpenChainのメインテーマである「OSSライセンスコンプライアンス」の啓発がなぜ大切であるのかというお話と、本アドベントカレンダーを企画している「Promotion SWG」の活動をご紹介します。また、最後の方で25日間の振り返り的なことも行っています。 OSSライセンスコンプライアンス啓発の重要性について OSSライセンスコンプライアンスは伝統的な課題であり、新しい課題でもあります。エンジニアの皆さまは実感していると思いますが、ソフトウエア開発におけるOSSの重要性は年々高まってきており、その適用範囲はIoTの進展により全産業に拡大しています。ですので、これまでOSSを扱ってこなかった産業の方々がOSSを扱うようになり、業界内でライセンスコンプライアンスの重要性が十分に認知されていないため、十分なリソーセスが割かれていないケースがあります。 また、ソフトウエアのサプライチェーンはグローバルに拡大しており、サプライチェーンの中に1社でもOSSライセンスを適切に扱わないプレイヤがいると、そこがボトルネックになってしまいます。このような状況ですので、OSSライセンスの重要性を啓発していくことは、1社の問題ではなく社会課題になってきているのです。 OpenChain Promotion SWG このようなOSSの課題に対して、その解決もOSS流にコミュニティで行おうと結成されたのがPromotion SWGです。「日本及びアジアにおいてOSSライセンスコンプライアンスがしっかりできている状態にする」いうOpenChain Japan WGの目的を達成するためには、関係者がOSSライセンスコンプライアンスの重要性を認識することが重要です。そのために単に多くの人に知ってもらえれば良いのではなく、特定の人に啓発し、しっかり動いてもらえるようなプロモートが必要だと考えています。 誰に対してPromoteするのか エンジニア：OSSライセンスコンプライアンスをソフトウエアエンジニアにとっての必須リテラシーの一つとしていきたいと考えています。リーガル・知財：エンジニアをサポートする立場の方々にOSS特有の世界観を理解して頂くと共に、OSSライセンスコンプライアンスをサポート可能な弁護士・弁理士・コンサルタントを増やしてく必要もあります。経営層：現場がいかに重要性を理解してもリソーセスが割かれないと動けないので、経営レベルへの打ち込みも重要です。政府・学術界・メディア：「OSSライセンスコンプライアンスは重要だ！」という空気感を醸成してくために重要なパートナーと考えています。 何をPromoteするのか OSSライセンスコンプライアンスの重要性を理解をしてもらうためには、その前提としてOSSそのものや、OSSのコミュニティについても理解してもらう必要があると考えています。また、「重要なことはわかったけど何をして良いかわからない」という方々のために、OpenChainの活動やツールなどの情報提供を行っています。SWGの主な活動としては共同でのプロモーション資料の作成や各種イベントへの参加、発表等があります。本アドベントカレンダーやCESへの出展もその一環です。 どんな人たちがPromoteしてるのか 上で社会課題とかカッコ良いことを書きましたが、基本的には「自分の会社でより動きやすくしたい」というニーズでメンバーが集まっています。ですので、OSSライセンスコンプライアンスをやりたいと思っているけど周りがなかなか動いてくれないと考えている方をサポートしていきたいと考えています。また、本SWGは特段の技術知識や法律知識は必要ないため、OpenChainの活動の入門編としても最適であると思います。入門編ではありますが、公式なOpenChainの活動の一つですのでGoogleやFacebookも参加する世界的なコミュニティと直接つながることができます。各種の活動は全体会合や2,3か月に1回のMTGでその時々の課題について話し合い、メンバーが動く形で進めています。SWGに参加したいという場合はまずはOpenChain JPWGのMLに参加頂き、MTGの案内があったときに参加表明することで参加することが可能です。また、SlackやLinkedIn等で遠藤までご連絡頂ければMTG情報等をご連絡致します。 JPWG最新情報！ まとめに入る前に12月に入ってからもJPWG関係のニュースがいくつかありますので、ここで紹介致します。 The OpenChain Interviewsに渡邊さんのインタビューが掲載されました本アドベントカレンダーの発起人である渡邊さんのインタビューがアップされています。JPWGからはこれまでも高西さんや大内さんに登場頂いてます。OpenChain ProjectにおけるOSSのTransparency向上への取組を経産省の会議で紹介しましたサプライチェーンにおけるOSSの可視化の課題はライセンス管理だけでなく、脆弱性管理の観点においても同様の課題があることがわかってきました。そこで、経産省の「サイバー・フィジカル・セキュリティ確保に向けたソフトウェア管理手法等検討タスクフォース」という会議体において遠藤がライセンス側の対応状況についてご説明させて頂きました。Open Compliance Summit 2019にてJPWGのメンバーが発表＆表彰されましたOSSライセンスコンプライアンスについての世界最大の国際会議の一つであるOpen Compliance…
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Draft for Review: German translation of the OpenChain Policy Template – Comments by September 10th 2020
A message from our friends in the German Work Team. We have finished a first draft of the German translation of the policy template. We invite you to have a…
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Second OpenChain UK Work Group Meeting Announced – September 30 from 2pm UK Time
The OpenChain UK Work Group is holding its second meeting via Zoom on Wednesday 30 September from 14:00 – 16:00 BST. This meeting will build on the success of the…
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OpenChain Korea Meeting #7 – 22nd of September from 2pm local time
This meeting of the OpenChain Korea Work group will take place on the day our ISO voting process wraps up! Expect exciting updates. Schedule: 2020-09-22 (Thu) 2:00~4:00 pmHow to join…
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OpenChain Specification Bi-Weekly Call – Fourth Monday August 2020 – Full Recording
The recording of our regular bi-weekly Specification Work Team is now available. This call covered discussion on how to set expectations around evolution of the standard and to ensure maximum…
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OpenChain Taiwan Work Group 1st Meeting / OpenChain 台灣社群聚會：首發工作坊 on September 18th 2020
The OpenChain Taiwan Work Group is having its first meeting on 18 September from 13:00 – 17:00 (UTC+8). This will be a physical meeting. Agenda:13:00-13:30 | Check-In13:30-14:00 | A Brief Introduction to OpenChain (English) Shane…
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OpenChain India Work Group Meeting – August 20th – Full Recording
Time to catch up on our recent OpenChain India Work Group meeting! This English-language event was held on the 20th of August. This event was hosted by MCA and brought…
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Synopsys is the latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, September 2, 2020 – The OpenChain Project announces Synopsys as the latest official OpenChain Partner. "Black Duck, acquired by Synopsys in 2017, has long been recognized as a…
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OpenChain 2.0 Guide for Open Source Governance in the Enterprise (Korean)
A new guide created by the OpenChain Korea Work Group in collaboration with NIPA, a Korean government agency, explains how local companies can easily and effectively comply with the OpenChain…
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Open Source Security is the Latest OpenChain Conformant Company
Open Source Security, the company behind grsecurity - a security enhancement to the Linux kernel - has announced an OpenChain conformant program. "While Open Source Security, Inc. has always taken…
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[更新予定] Open Source Compliance 関連
当初 12/24 記事として公開していた記事 「OpenChain Japan WG 第13回会合のご案内」 は、諸事情により「一般公開」ができなくなりました。Japan WG (JWG) の活動に関心のある方は JWGのwiki から "OpenChain Japan WG ML" への参加をご検討ください。第13回会合の案内なども共有予定です。 そのため、Open Source Compliance 関連で別内容の記事を準備中です。ご迷惑をお掛けします。 Raspberry Pi ＋Docker で FOSSology を動かせるか... (2019/12/29追加) 手元で気軽に使える OSS監査ツール環境を作りたかったのと、Linux を少しでも触ろうかなと思いやってみた...…
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OpenChain Webinar #11 – First Monday of September at 9am Pacific – Open Source Issues Remediation + Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools + CII Best Practices
Join us on September 7 at 9am Pacific as Jari Koivisto talks about Open Source Issues Remediation, Gary O’Neall and Rohit Lodha talk about Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools…
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OpenChain Merchandise Now Available!
The OpenChain Project now has official merchandise! You will find everything from t-shirts to tote-bags to phone cases to mugs in our store. Everything is priced at cost with Threadless.…
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OpenChain Webinar #10 – Joint Development Foundation – 2020-08-17 – Full Recording
Seth Newberry from the Joint Development Foundation joined us to provide an overview of what they do, how it impacts OpenChain, and what it means for other open source and…
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OpenChain Specification Work Team – Second Monday August 2020 – Full Recording
The recording of our regular bi-weekly Specification Work Team is now available. This is where people can provide input on the current version of the standard, suggest new reference material,…
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OpenChain Japan WG全体会合レポート
はじめに(Disclaimer) 本日は、12/19にNECで開催された、OpenChainJapanWGの全体会合をレポートします。会合のタイムテーブルは12/6の島さんの記事に整理されて投稿頂いています。（Today I report to the OpenChainJapanWG meeting on 19 Dec. in NEC corporation) 実は、事前にアジェンダを公開して、オープンに参加者を募るのってとても大事なんです。競合同士の会社が集まって業界標準を作っていくので、独禁法に抵触する可能性があるんですね。当日も、こんな感じで独禁法に関して周知がなされます。（Open discussion is very important, because we heve to avoid antitrust risks) ご参考までに、Linux Foundationの”Antitrust Policy” はこちら。※会場は撮影禁止でしたのでNECの方から写真を頂いて投稿しています。どこかに私が写っていますので探してみてください。 自己紹介(Self…
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OpenChain Automotive Work Group Meeting – 2020-08-18 – Full Recording
The OpenChain Automotive Work Group held a European/Asian meeting on the 18th of August. This meeting focused on discussions around SPDX and tooling in the automotive sphere. Check out the…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Meeting # 20 – 2020-08-012 – Full Recording
Check out the recording of the latest meeting below. https://youtu.be/i-QzAdxC89s Learn More About This Work Group http://oss-compliance-tooling.com/
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Application Modernization – Third-Party Webinar – July 7th 2020
OpenChain has been featured in a host of webinars recently. Here is one sent in from our friends at Source Code Control in the UK. Martin joined a team of…
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OpenChain – Reducing Risk and Friction in the Supply Chain – Webinar with Moorcrofts and Synopsys
We just had another partner-lead webinar featuring Andrew Katz, Moorcrofts & Matt Jacobs, Synopsys. Check it out here (registration required): https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13983/421263 Abstract:OpenChain standardizes license compliance requirements around the use of…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 6 – Video Minutes – 16th June
The full video minutes of our most recent OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting are now available. Thanks to the efforts of Haksung and team we now have a recording of…
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OpenChain認証取得、日立製作所の取り組み
株式会社 日立製作所 野村祐治 はじめに 日立製作所では、「オープンソース ライセンス ガバナンス プロセス認証」を取得しました。この認証はOpenChainプロジェクトが求める仕様に適合しており、OpenChainプロジェクトが認める最初の第三者認証の取得事例になります。 今回は認証の取得にいたる、日立の取り組みを紹介します。 日立製作所のOSSコンプライアンスへの取り組み 日立製作所では、OSSコンプライアンスを遵守するため以下の取り組みを実施しています。 OSS専門組織OSS取扱いに関する会社規則OSS取扱いに関するガイドラインOSS取扱いに関する社内教育OSS取扱いに関する社内インフラ OSS専門組織 OSS専門組織 として、OSSソリューションセンタを2015年10月に設立しました。OSSソリューションセンタは、OSS活用の日立グループ内の取りまとめとして以下をミッションに活動しています。 ミッション: OSSによる日立グループへのビジネス貢献OSS活用ノウハウおよび、サポート・ソリューションの提供OSSを安心して利用するためのインフラ・ガイドの提供OSSコミュニティ貢献・標準化活動を通じたプレゼンス向上 OSS取扱いに関する会社規則 OSSの特性に合わせたOSS取得に特化した会社規則を制定しました。OSS取得の規則においては、以下を規定しています。 OSS取得に関する審議体の規定OSS取得に関する審議項目と、審議担当部署の規定OSS取得の決裁者 OSS取扱いに関するガイドラン OSSの取扱いにおいて、利用者の行うべき作業・検討すべき項目をガイドラインとして規定しました。日立製作所の標準開発方法論で定義する開発フェーズ、開発プロセス毎にワークシート形式で必要な作業をガイドしています。 ガイドラインの例(抜粋) フェーズプロセス検討・作業項目企画要件定義・OSSの提供状況の確認・脆弱性事故への対応方法の確認基本設計システム方式設計OSSの入手手続き受入テスト導入・受入ライセンス遵守状況の確認 OSS取扱いに関する社内教育 OSSに携わる人全員が受講するe-learningと、より深い知識習得のための集合教育に分けて教育を実施しています。 OSSの基礎(e-learning)OSSを利用するために必要な基礎知識を習得する教育(コンプライアンスのポイント､活用するための検討事項)OSSコンプライアンス教育(集合教育)OSSのコンプライアンス(ライセンス、知財、他)、ガイドラインに関する教育 OSS取扱いに関する社内インフラ…
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OSSコンプライアンスに関する各社のケーススタディ
自己紹介 みなさん，はじめまして．パナソニック株式会社でOSSコンプライアンス推進を担当している加藤と申します．今回は，OpenChain Japan WGの活動で集まったケーススタディを紹介したいと思います． 各社のケーススタディ OpenChainの成果物は下記のWikiに置かれています．https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/jwg_outcomes_page ケーススタディはこちらOSSコンプライアンス推進の組織・体制について各社の事例 (日本語・英語)https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchainjwg_organization_lt_20180419_jpen_.pdf OSSコンプライアンス推進の教育・啓発について各社の事例 (日本語・英語)https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchainjwg_education_lt_20180613.pdf OSSコンプライアンスのステップアップ、各社のケース (日本語・英語)https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchainjwg_activity-stepup_lt_20191218_jpen_.pdf なぜ事例集めをしようと思ったのか？ OSSコンプライアンスを社内で推進していると，「他の企業はどんな取り組みをしているのだろう？」，「どんなことを課題に取り組んでいるのだろう？」と思うことがあります．それに対して，今ではOSSコンプライアンスに関するセミナーなどで企業の方のセッションを聞くことで，いろいろと参考になる情報を得ることもできます．しかし，セミナーでは聞けても1社もしくは2社くらいの事例で，聞きたかった部分について語ってくれるかもわかりません． そこで，テーマを決めて，Lightning Talkの形式で事例紹介をしてみれば，いろんな事例を聞けるのではないか？，それをWikiに載せれる形式にすれば，参加できなかった方にも参考になるのではないか？，また，担当者が社内で推進する場合にも「他の企業は，こんなに進んでいる！」とエビデンスと共に説明できて，OSSコンプライアンス推進担当者の力になるのではないか？，などと考え，実施してみたのが始まりです． これから OpenChain Japan WG では，今後も，いろいろなテーマで事例集めLightning Talkを企画したいと思います． おわりに 今回は，OSSコンプライアンスに関する各社のケーススタディの紹介を行いました．みなさんの参考になる情報があれば幸甚です． また，このケーススタディ紹介Lightning Talkの場では，資料にない口頭だけの情報もいろいろと聞けたりします．興味のある方はOpenChain Japan WGのMLを購読し，全体会合に参加してみてください．はじめは聞く側でも，きっと話す側に回りたくなると思います． 明日のテーマは？ 明日は日立製作所の野村さんが「OpenChain認証取得、日立製作所の取り組み」を記載下さいます．日本企業でいち早くOpenChainの認証を取得された日立製作所さん．きっと皆さんにも参考になることでしょう！
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OpenChain Webinar #9 – OpenChain Self-Certification Questionnaire – Full Recording
https://youtu.be/jGq2X0VT2Qk This week we did something a little bit special with the webinar format. It was a live walk-through of the Conformance Questionnaire with example solutions to each question required…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group Meeting – July 27th – Morning and Afternoon – Full Recording
https://youtu.be/stIdtJcZIXI The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group meets bi-weekly to discuss open source tools for open source compliance. There are frequent demos and discussions around practical use. This is a…
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OpenChain Fourth Monday Spec Call – July 2020 – Full Recording
https://youtu.be/Zz6PLSDIaEA We are discussing ideas and observations regarding OpenChain 2.0. This maps perfectly to our forthcoming ISO/IEC International Standard, currently under ballot as DIS5230, voting finishes September 23rd. Some of…
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Wipro Limited is the latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, August 4, 2020 –The OpenChain Project today announced Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company as…
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OpenChain Webinar #9 – Today (Monday) at 9am Pacific – The OpenChain Conformance Questionnaire
This week we will be doing something a little bit special with the webinar format. It will be a live walk-through of the Conformance Questionnaire with example solutions to each…
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OSSに関するコンプライアンス体制構築の際の留意点
本日は弁護士の野中さん に登場頂きます！（諸事情により遠藤が投稿してます） はじめに はじめまして。弁護士の野中高広です。最近は、バッティングセンターにはまっています。空振りが約２割ですが（笑）。ところで皆さんの会社では、OSSのリスクの問題について、どの程度のかたが認識しておられるでしょうか？コンプライアンス体制についても最低限整っているといえますでしょうか？本日は、OSSに関してコンプライアンス体制の構築をするうえでの留意事項について、すでに皆さんご存知のことがほとんどであるとは思いますが、簡単に検討してみたいと思います。 どうして体制を構築する必要があるのか？ これまでにOSSに関して問題となってきたいろいろな事例を見てみますと、第三者によるリバースエンジニアリングなどによって、OSSの利用が発覚し、OSSライセンス違反を指摘されるような場合があります。OSSのライセンス違反の指摘を受けた場合、謝罪やソフトウェアの差し替えを行なったり、ソースコードの公開などについて迅速かつ適切な対応をとることが重要と言われています。しかも、すばやく適切な対応を行なえば、すぐに訴訟に発展するわけではありませんし、欧米の事例を検討していますと、こうした対応の遅れが係争へと発展しているケースが多いともいえます。 留意すべき事項は？ そのため、いろいろな事態あるいはリスクに事前に備えておくことが必要になるといえそうですが、実際にコンプライアンス体制を構築する際には、どのような点について特に留意する必要があるのでしょうか。会社によって進捗状況は様々だと思いますが、以下で、いくつか基本的な事項について触れてみたいと思います。 · まず、OSSライセンスの利用にあたってのコンプライアンス強化を図るために、OSS利用についての内部規程の作成や、内部規程遵守のための社内体制と仕組みの構築が求められるといえます。その際に、社員の方への内部規程の周知・教育に加えて、社内・社外向けにOSS利用についての問い合わせ窓口を設置することなどもセットで検討しておくことが有効といえるでしょう。 · その前提として、例えばGPLのソースコードの公開範囲についてなど、様々な解釈があり得るケースについては、この分野の有識者や専門家を交えて十分に検討を重ねて、自社の見解を統一しておくことが必要となります。その過程で社内で議論を積み重ねて、各種事例や先例についての知識や理解を深めつつ、多くの人が問題意識を共有することこそが有益ともいえるでしょう。 · また、最近では様々な有用なソフトもありますが、ソフトウェアの検査を行なうことも肝といえます。ソフトウェア開発の初期段階、委託先からソフトウェアが納入される時、あるいは製品の出荷前などに、OSS検出ツールなどを利用して、意図しないOSSが混入していないかを十分に検査する必要があります。特に、ソフトウェア開発の委託をする際には、利用するOSSとその利用条件の開示を求めたり、あるいはOSSライセンス違反をした場合の責任分担やソースコードの調査義務などについても念のため盛り込んでおくことも検討するとよいでしょう。ここらあたりの話については、個人情報の取扱いが第三者に委託される場合の留意事項とパラレルに考えることができるかもしれません。 · さらに最近では、法務デューデリジェンスによる確認も重要となってきております。例えば、M&Aにおいて、買収した会社がOSSライセンス違反をしている場合もあり得るため、法務デューデリジェンスで、OSSに関する問題をレビューしていくことも、今後は一般的になっていくものと思われます。 おわりに 以上、ごくごく簡単に見てきましたが、実際にいろいろな措置を導入していくに当たっては様々なハードルも考えられます。なかなか理解が難しい分野でもあり、問題意識を共有すること自体に苦労することも多々あるかと思います。本日のテーマが、皆さんの会社のコンプライアンス体制構築がさらに進むうえで少しでもお役に立てれば幸いです。 明日のテーマは… 明日は、Japan WGの設立当初から中心的な活躍をされているパナソニックの加藤さんから「OpenChain Japan WGの活動で集まった事例」についてご紹介いただく予定です。自社の体制を構築する上で一番気になる「他社はどうしているのか」がわかる貴重な情報ですので、ぜひご期待ください。
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OpenChain Sponsors COSCUP Again – Local Team Doing Awesome Talk As Well
The OpenChain Project is once again sponsoring the COSCUP conference in Taiwan, an event that provides a unique opportunity to connect with individuals at the heart of one of the…
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Bitsea is the Latest OpenChain Partner
Bitsea, a company helping customers to analyse, assess, and optimize Software Development processes, has joined the OpenChain Partner program. This marks another significant expansion of the OpenChain ecosystem into the…
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SW360/SPDX Liteを利用して、AGLリリースソフトを簡単に確認出来るようにする
この記事はOpenChain Advent Calenderの19日目の記事です はじめに 車載向けOSSコミュニティのAGL(AutomotiveGradeLinux)で使用しているソフトウェアについて、OpenChainにて議論が進められているSW360とSPDX Liteを利用して、AGLで使用しているソフトウェアを誰でも簡単に確認出来る方法を紹介します尚今回の内容については2020CESのAGLデモブース内のOpenChainブースでも紹介予定ですOpenChain and AGL Collaborate to Facilitate Open Source Compliance in Automotive Production AGLのリリースソフトウェアについて AGLでは年2回ソフトウェアをリリースしており、現状の最新ソフトはIcefish RC3 (v8.99.3)が年明けの正式リリースに向けて、リリースの準備が進められています。AGLリリースノートについて、このページを参照して下さい。ビルド済みのソフトについても公開されており、Yoctoビルド時に出力されるlicense.manifestを確認すれば、AGLでどのようなソフトウェアが使用されているか、下記のように確認する事が出来ます PACKAGE NAME: af-binderPACKAGE VERSION: master+gitAUTOINC+82a9d79621RECIPE NAME: af-binderLICENSE: Apache-2.0このように・パッケージ名・バージョン・ライセンスを確認する事が出来ますが、AGLでは1,500～1,600位のソフトウェアが使用されており、license.manifestを確認するのはそれなりに苦労するため、SW360/SPDX Liteを利用して誰でも簡単にAGLのリリースソフトウェアを確認出来るようにしたいと思います…
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OpenChain Specification Work Team – Second Monday July 2020 – Full Recording
The recording of our regular bi-weekly Specification Work Team is now available. This time we talked about framing the objectives for future OpenChain updates. It will be a long time…
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OpenChain Webinar #8: Compliance @ GitLab – Full Recording
We took a look at how GitLab addresses compliance for this webinar on the 20th of July. Mo Khan, Senior Backend Engineer, explained the approach offered to users and why…
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FOSSology の新しいOSSライセンススキャン 「Atarashi」 調査
はじめに OpenChain Japan WG Advent Calendar 2019 Day18を担当する @K-Hama です．OSSマネジメントプロセスの研究とOSS管理に利用するツールの研究開発が主な仕事ですが，最近はOSS関係のコミュニティ活動も行っています．本日はFossologyプロジェクト1が進めている新しい検索エンジン「Atarashi2」を調べて分かったことを簡単にまとめ,インストール方法までを紹介しようと思います． Fossology とは 最初に簡単にFossologyとは何かを紹介します．Fossologyはソフトウェアを構成するソースコードを分析し，中に含まれているOSSライセンス，コピーライト，ECCなどの情報を検出，リストアップするツールです．Fossologyは The Linux Foundationの傘下プロジェクト主体で開発されていて，Fossology自体もOSSライセンスで利用許諾されているので誰でも自由に無料で利用可能となっています．基本的な使い方や情報は日本語のハンズオン資料がOpenChain Japan3（日本語）, FossologyのGithub4で(日本語，英語，ベトナム語)公開されているのでそちらを参考にしてください(日本語の内容はどちらも同じ)．また，誰でも無料で参加できるFossologyのイベントが OpenChain Japan WG Tooling Sub-WG 主催で2019年12月20日に東京で開催されます5．（このイベントにはFossologyの主開発者のMichael C. Jaeger さんも来ます）．Fossologyに関して他に以下のドキュメントが参考になります． ・Fossologyインストール方法・Fossologyインストール方法 日本語・FOSSology - Install from…
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OpenChain Webinar #8 – Compliance @ GitLab – 5pm Pacific, July 20th
We are taking a look at how GitLab addresses compliance for this webinar. Mo Khan, Senior Backend Engineer, will explain the approach offered to users and explain why it works.…
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OpenChain Newsletter #38 Now Available
The latest OpenChain Newsletter is out. Learn about some of the highlights from June in our new 60 second reading format. https://www.openchainproject.org/openchain-newsletter-issue-38 Check Out All Our Previous Newsletters https://www.openchainproject.org/news/newsletter
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Reminder: OpenChain UK Launches on July 23rd
The OpenChain Project UK Work Group is being launched on the 23rd of July at 14:00 BST via a virtual event. This meeting is free and is open to anyone…
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富士通のオープンソースへの取り組み
はじめに こんにちは。富士通の青木です。富士通で唯一”オープンソースソフトウェア（OSS）”という名前が付く組織「OSS技術センター」に所属しています。私のプロジェクトでは、社内でのOSS利活用推進全般を実施しています。今日は、OpenChainプロジェクトの活動に至るまでの富士通のOSS専門組織や社内の関連部門とスクラムを組んで歩んできた取り組みについてご紹介します。 富士通のオープンソース専門組織「OSS技術センター」 富士通とOSSとの関わりは、1999年に富士通サーバーのLinuxサポートをスタートし、現在のOSS技術センターの前進組織として2000年1月設立の富士通Linuxセンターが発足しました。 OSS技術センターの発足 ミッションクリティカルな領域でOSSがどんどん使われるようになり、富士通社内でもOSSの重要性が認知されて、お客様の要件や用途に合わせた適材適所なオープン技術の選択によってお客様の新たな価値を創造していくことを目指して2005年11月に専門組織「OSS技術センター」が組織化されました。 OSSの選定や技術支援など富士通のフィールドと一体となった活動には多くの実績がありますが、ここ3年ほどはOSSのライセンスリスクや技術リスクなどをお客様自身が課題ととらえて、様々な相談が寄せられるようになってきています。 社内でのOSSコンプライアンス活動 社内では、ツールを利用したOSSの混入チェックや、ライセンスポリシーを自動判定、さらにBOM管理を実施して、脆弱性を通知するサービスを開発部門へ提供し、OSSのライフサイクルマネージメントを実現しています。主に実施していること・利用しているOSSの見える化。・製品で利用しているOSSコンポーネントとライセンス情報や脆弱性情報との紐付け。・会社として問題ないと判断したソフトウェア/バージョン/ライセンスのリスト化と判定。・工程ごとの承認の仕組みとエビデンスを導入。（ワークフロー機能） 社内プロセスの整備 上記の仕組みを確立するまでは、長い時間をかけ、知財部門、品証部門、もちろん開発部門も巻き込んで、社内でライセンスを正しく守りつつOSSを利用するための枠組みを整理しました。知財部門が中心となって、OSS利活用ガイドを作成しルールとプロセスを定め、全社規格や部門規格にOSSの規定を盛り込んでいます。 富士通では、適用領域が多岐にわたることもあり、複数の部門横断の体制を組み総合力を活かしてOSSの活用を推進しています。 OSSの利用拡大と全社教育 OSSがOSの模倣や商用製品の代替と呼ばれていた時代から変化し、AIなどをはじめとするデファクト技術がOSSから生まれるようになり、我々の業務もかなり変化をしていると感じます。少し前までは開発に携わるキーマンがOSSのライセンスについて熟知していればよかったところ、今や調達部門や営業部門などもOSSに対する知識を身に着けていく必要があると感じています。そこで従来は、開発部門に向けた集合教育やe-learningをメインに実施していましたが、2年前に全社員を対象にしたリテラシー教育を新規に作成し、e-learningでいつでもだれでも受講できるようにしています。どちらかというと、OSSのライセンスの話や義務履行の話が多いため、今はOSSのコントリビューションの教育を整備しているところです。 OpenChainプロジェクトとの関わり 2017年12月のJapan WG発足時に、トヨタさん、日立さん、SONYさん達と富士通の知財部門や組込みLinuxの開発部門がOpenChainの日本の活動を盛り上げようと参加しています。サブWGのFAQ, ライセンス情報, Planning, Promotionなどなどで10名ほどが活動しています。富士通では、グループ会社を含む全社活動のOSS利活用WGにてその活動報告を共有し、仲間づくりを進めつつ、もっともっと参加していくべきということで、2019年2月にplatinumメンバーになりました。今年度は、社内でも全社員に向けたメールマガジンで、OpenChainの紹介をしたり、Japan WGの本会合を社内で開いたりして、今まで興味をもっていなかった営業部門ほか関係部門の方々にも活動をアピールしています。 SPEC2.0 認証 2019年11月に富士通は自己認証を取得しました。もともと整備してきたOSSの全社規格や部門規格をあらためて見直し、OpenChain仕様にそって改善を加え、知財部門、OSS技術センター、開発部門（組み込みLinux開発部門・ソフトウェア事業部門）と大きな組織で教育展開を一斉に実施し、認証を取得しました。これは、従来のプロセスやルールを振り返るとても有意義な取り組みで、教育の再実施により、デファクトスタンダードとなる仕様と自分たちの実践活動を紐づけができた、とてもいい機会となりました。今後も継続して仕様に準拠して取り組んでいきたいと思います。 OSPOとして OSS技術センターが富士通のOpen Source Program Officeとして社内外から認知されて相談に乗れるように、今後も専門組織として取り組んでいきます。また、富士通はグローバルカンパニーとして、富士通の北米、欧州、アジア部門とも連携してOpenChainの取り組みをはじめ、連携しながら活動していきます。 今後は、社内実践で培ったノウハウをお客様やパートナー様へ向け提供し、OpenChainプロジェクトやオープンソースへの貢献を実施していきたいと思います。…
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OpenChain Welcomes BMW CarIT GmbH As The Latest Platinum Member
The OpenChain Project welcomes BMW CarIT GmbH as our 20th Platinum Member. BMW CarIT GmbH joins the governing board of the project ahead of our expected completion of the ISO…
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Siemens Healthineers Announces OpenChain Conformance
Today Siemens Healthineers announces an OpenChain Conformant compliance program, joining a widening community of organizations from all industrial sectors. Siemens Healthineers is the first company specialized in medical technology to…
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The OpenChain Project in 2H 2020
The OpenChain Project had an exceptionally busy first half of 2020. From conformance to membership announcements, from reference material releases to taking the final steps in our ISO submission, the…
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OpenChain Partner Call – First Monday July – Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3MCBtxCnYE&feature=youtu.be
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OpenChain Webinar #7 – Lessons Learned + Future Leaders – Recording and Slides
On Monday the 6th of July at 9am Pacific (Monday midnight Beijing/Taipei, 1am Seoul/Tokyo) we held our seventh webinar. It covered two strategic topics. VM (Vicky) Brasseur opened with a…
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OpenChain – The OSS Compliance Survey
Our wonderful OpenChain Japan Work Group is running a global survey in English covering open source compliance in business environments. Please assist in our ongoing mission to lock down real-world data…
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オリンパスとOpenChainとの関わり
オリンパスの小泉です。弊社と OpenChain との関わりについて書いていきます。 OpenChain Japan Work Group ではライセンス情報（6日参照）、教育（7日参照）、Plannning（9日参照）（、Promotionはメンバー扱いになっている？なってない？）の各サブグループで活動しています。 おことわり内容は全然技術っぽくありません。が、技術者にとってもOSSライセンスのコンプライアンスは大事だよ、ということで消されないことを祈っています。 会社紹介 皆さんがオリンパスと聞いてまず思い浮かぶものは何でしょう。カメラでしょうか。確かに弊社のPenを持ち歩いている女性をよく見かけるような気がします。ICレコーダーでしょうか。よく記者が政治家に一斉に向けていたりするあれです。実は弊社は、このアドベントカレンダーにも書いている（であろう）他社さんを押さえてシェアNo1だったりします。流石にそういう人はいないと思いますが、「最新科学で名画の秘密に迫る」とかいう場合にも実は弊社の製品が使われていたりします。蛍光X線分析装置ですね。が、おそらく皆さんが一番目にしているのは、内視鏡（「胃カメラ」と言われることも）でしょう。（胃カメラだから「口にしている」と言うべきでしょうか。でも大腸内視鏡というのもありますよ！）世界シェアの約7割を占めています。以上のように、一言でくくるのは難しいものを作っている会社です。 第三者認証を取得されている日立製作所さんの直後に書くのは、なんだか少しはずかしいのですが（と思ったら、直前は日立製作所さんではなくなっているようですね。順番の入れ替えがあった模様です。）、オリンパスは OpenChain の認証は（今のところ）まったく取っていません。 自己紹介 オリンパスグループ全体のOSSに関する事項全般を取り扱っています。ベンチャー企業で10年近くフィーチャーフォン向けの組込みソフトウェアの開発に携わった後、2010年12月より（実質的に）現職です。 好きなライセンスはPostgreSQLのライセンスです。なぜなら、日本語参考訳を大きく見直したのが私ですから。 OSSライセンスコンプライアンスの取り組み 10年近く前、オリンパスグループ内でOSSライセンス違反に繋がりかねないヒヤリ・ハットが発生しました。具体的には、ソフトウェアベンダーがオリンパスに納入してきたソフトウェアにOSSが含まれていることに、そのソフトウェアを組み込んだ製品の出荷直前になって気付いた、というものです。それをきっかけに、- （意図的な）OSS利用時の確実なライセンス対応- 意図しないOSSの混入防止をオリンパスグループとして徹底する仕組みを構築することになりました。会社で仕組みと言えば、以下の3つがいわゆる「3種の神器」ではないかと思います。- 体制- プロセス- ツールや教育弊社もその例に漏れず、グループ全体に渡る体制、プロセスを構築し、ツールを導入し、教育を実施してきました。それぞれここで詳しく述べられれば良いのですが、図入りの詳細をMarkdownで書くのはちょっと大変なので、申し訳ないですが割愛します。詳しく知りたい方は、例えばOSAKA NDS Embedded Linux Cross Forum #9に添付された資料を見てください。この辺りの話はよくセミナーで話していますので、私から話を直接聞ける機会もあるのではと思います。…
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OpenChain Webinar #7 – Lessons Learned + Future Leaders – 9am Pacific, Monday 6th of July
This Monday at 9am Pacific (Monday midnight Beijing/Taipei, 1am Seoul/Tokyo) we will hold our seventh webinar. We will cover two strategic topics. VM (Vicky) Brasseur will open with a discussion…
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credativ Announces OpenChain 2.0 Conformance
credativ, a leading open source support and services provider, announces OpenChain 2.0 conformance. credativ was an early adopter of the industry standard for open source compliance, and the adoption of…
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OpenChain @ OSS North America Virtual Event – OpenChain Mini-Summit – July 2rd – Recording
The OpenChain Project held a mini-summit adjacent to Open Source Summit North America. Here is the recording of our event. https://youtu.be/FqkB5eayVl0
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OpenChain @ OSS North America Virtual Event – Open Source in ISO: Building the First LF Standard in Fourteen Years and What It Means for You – July 1st – Slides
OpenChain @ OSS North America Virtual Event - Open Source in ISO: Building the First LF Standard in Fourteen Years and What It Means for You - July 1st https://www.slideshare.net/ShaneCoughlan3/open-source-in-iso-building-the-first-lf-standard-in-fourteen-years-and-what-it-means-for-you
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CP1 Associates is the Latest OpenChain Conformant Organization
CP1 Associates is the latest OpenChain Conformant organization. This is a UK-based company with an extensive history in the use of open source. “CP1 provides consultancy and CIO services to…
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OpenChain @ OSS North America Virtual Event – Open Source in ISO: Building the First LF Standard in Fourteen Years and What It Means for You – July 1st
On the 1st of July at 4:05pm Central Time Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager will deliver a talk entitled 'Open Source in ISO: Building the First LF Standard in Fourteen…
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OpenChain @ OSS North America Virtual Event – OSS Supply Chain at Scale – June 29th
Tan Zhongyi (Jerry Tan) delivered a talk entitled 'Building a Secure, Efficient, Compliance OSS Supplychain at Scale,' covering how to address issues like supporting 10,000+ engineers to fix issues across…
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OpenChain UK Work Group Launches on July 23rd
The OpenChain Work Group is being launched in the UK with its first meeting taking place virtually on 23 July from 14:00 – 17:00 BST. Curated by OpenChain partners Orcro Limited with…
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Swedsoft Industrial Open Source Network Webinar on OpenChain – Full Recording
On June 3rd Swedsoft's Industrial Open Source Network held a webinar on Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project, a project that defines the key requirements of a quality Open Source Compliance Program. During…
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OpenChain Germany Meeting #2 – June 2020 – Recording and Slides
The second meeting of the OpenChain Germany Work Group took place on the 26th of June. You can catch up with our discussion and the slides used during the event…
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OpenChain Specification Bi-Weekly Call #2 – Fourth Monday June 2020 – Full Recording
The full recording of the 2nd OpenChain Specification bi-weekly call is now available. This call went over the general parameters of the editing process for the next generation of the…
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Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・下
はじめに この記事では、Open Source Compliance に取り組む上で、役に立った情報や、役に立つよと紹介頂いた情報をまとめます。この記事にあるものだけが全てではありませんが、いくらかでもお役に立てば幸いです。なお、本稿中の OSS はとくに断りがなければ Open Source Software を意味します。 この記事は全体で上下2部構成になっています。 Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・上 (前の記事) Open Source & ComplianceOpen Source SoftwareOpen Source Software Licenseツールなど Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・下…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Meeting #17 – Full Recording
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group held its 17th meeting on the 17th of June. You can find the recordings of the morning and the afternoon sessions as well as…
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Guest Blog – OpenChain: Open Source Compliance Comes of Age In the Supply Chain
ISO Standard Imminent This is a guest post from Matthew Jacobs, Esq., Director, Legal Counsel at Synopsys Software Integrity Group. The views in this guest post are those of the…
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OpenChain Webinars # 5 & 6 – Survey Results
We had five speakers over two events covering a range of global and regional topics: Let's start with overall satisfaction, 1 being satisfied and 5 being extremely satisfied: Let's dive…
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OpenChain Webinar 6: OpenChain China, Japan, Korea – a discussion on community building – Full Recording
On June 15th OpenChain held its sixth webinar. The topic was "OpenChain China, Japan, Korea - a discussion on community building” featuring short interviews with Jerry (China), Haksung (Korea) and…
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Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・上
はじめに この記事では、Open Source Compliance に取り組む上で、役に立った情報や、役に立つよと紹介頂いた情報をまとめます。この記事にあるものが全てではありませんが、いくらかでもお役に立てば幸いです。なお、本稿中の OSS はとくに断りがなければ Open Source Software を意味します。 この記事は全体で上下2部構成になっています。 Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・上 (この記事) Open Source & ComplianceOpen Source SoftwareOpen Source Software Licenseツールなど Open Source Compliance のお役立ち情報まとめ・下…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – 15th Meeting (2nd Virtual) – Recording
The OpenChain Japan Work Group hosted its 15th meeting (2nd virtual) at 2pm local time on the 18th of June. The majority of the meeting was held in Japanese but…
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OpenChain China Work Group – 4th Meeting – Recording
The OpenChain China Work Group held its fourth meeting on the 17th of June. This meeting covered two topics Agenda A briefing on Patrick McHardy and related activities in 2020…
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Automotive WGについて
You can access the English summary in the lower part of the page. はじめに こんにちは。本日はJapan WGと同じくOpenChainのWork Groupの一つであるAutomotive WGをご紹介します。Japan WGは国別のWork Groupであるのに対し、Automotive WGは産業別のインターナショナルなWork Groupになります。 自己紹介 本日の担当させて頂く遠藤雅人です。Japan WGには設立時から参加させて頂いているほか、Promotion SWGのリーダーとして今回のアドベンドカレンダー企画のサポートもさせて頂いています。本年7月には、本日ご紹介するOpenChain Automotive WGを立ち上げ、OpenChain Project全体のAutomotive Chairを拝命しております。趣味は旅行、ガジェット、スポーツ観戦（主にサッカー）です。…
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OpenChain Webinar 6: OpenChain China, Japan, Korea – a discussion on community building – 5pm Pacific, Monday 15th June
This Monday at 5pm Pacific (Tuesday 8am Beijing, 9am Seoul, Tokyo) we will hold our sixth webinar. The topic will be "OpenChain China, Japan, Korea - a discussion on community…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – 15th Meeting (2nd Virtual) – June 18th @ 2pm Local Time
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will host its 15th meeting (2nd virtual) at 2pm local time on the 18th of June. Everyone is welcome to attend. The majority of the…
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OpenChain China Work Group – 4th Meeting – June 17th @ 3pm Local Time
The OpenChain China Work Group will host its fourth meeting at 3pm Beijing time on the 17th of June. This meeting will feature three guest speakers. Agenda Armijn Hemel will…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group – 6th Meeting – June 16th @ 2pm Local Time
The OpenChain Korea Work Group will hold its 6th meeting via UberConference on the 16th of June at 2pm Seoul time. This event will be held in the Korean language…
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Latest OpenChain Overview Slides Now Available – Speaker Notes Embedded
A *lot* of people in our community are speaking about OpenChain at meetings, events and through social media. To help with their communication the OpenChain Project publishes a regularly updated…
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Numbers Announces An OpenChain Conformant Program
Numbers, a company based in Taiwan with a mission to create an open, transparent and traceable data system, is the latest organization to announce an OpenChain conformant program. This is…
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Civil Infrastructure and OpenChain @ HKOSCon 2020, 13th June
On the 13th of June at 15:00 local time, SZ Lin, the OpenChain Project governing board member for MOXA, will deliver a talk at HKOSCon 2020 about how Civil Infrastructure…
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OpenChain at ISO WG21 2020 Plenary – 9th June
The OpenChain Project and its collaboration with the Joint Development Foundation was explored during a session at the ISO WG21 2020 Plenary on the 9th of June. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain…
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OSSの特許侵害リスクと、その解決に向けたコミュニティによる取り組み
はじめに OpenChain Japan WGのアドベントカレンダー、本日は13記事目になります。本アドベントカレンダーは、OSSコンプライアンスに関わる取り組み「OpenChain」プロジェクトの日本ワーキンググループのメンバーが日替わりで記事を書いています。 参考：FacebookやGoogleも参加するOSSコンプライアンスのプロジェクト、「OpenChain」とは 今回は「OSSの利用に伴う特許侵害リスク」について書いてみたいと思います。（セキュリティの話も一緒に書こうと思ったんですが構成がうまくまとまらず…今回は特許の話に特化して書かせていただきます） 自己紹介 国内外のIT関連分野について、特許や現地メディアを通じて技術動向の調査をしたり、それらをまとめた記事を書いたりしています。 twitter：テクノ大仏ブログ：中国ITの森 OpenChain Japanは2019年夏に存在を知って、全体会合に一度参加しただけのまだまだ初心者です。OpenChain Japanでは、OpenChainやOSSコンプライアンスの普及を担うPromotionグループに参加しています。 OSSと特許権侵害 あるOSSが第三者の特許権を侵害している場合、OSSの提供元だけでなくそのOSSを利用した製品やサービスも特許権侵害の対象となります。つまり、損害賠償金を請求されたり、特許ライセンス費用を要求されたりする可能性があります。 過去には、スマホ用OSとしてOSSの代表格であるAndroidが特許権侵害をしているとして、提供元のGoogleだけでなくAndroidスマホの開発企業が訴えられる事例も発生しています。 Microsoft、Android端末の特許侵害でMotorolaを提訴 Android関連の特許訴訟が相次いだGoogleは、上記ニュースでも話題になっているモトローラを買収。その後、多くの特許を保有したまま携帯事業部門を中国・レノボに売却したことから、訴訟に耐えうる特許取得が目的の企業買収と話題になりました。 ・モトローラ買収とグーグルの法的戦略の方向性--特許ポートフォリオ強化に至る背景 OSSの特許リスクを解消するためのコミュニティ・OIN(Open Invention Network) 特許によってOSSの円滑な利用が阻害される状況を懸念して、その問題を解決しようとするコミュニティ活動も同時に始まりました。今回はその1つとして「Open Invention Network（OIN）」およびその関連組織である「Linux Defenders」の活動を紹介します。 オープンイノベーション促進のための新たな知財課題 より引用 OINは「OSSに関する特許のクロスライセンス」を促進するコミュニティ活動です。 OINはLinuxに関連する特許を保有し、「Linux関連技術を利用する企業に特許訴訟を行わないこと（自社特許を開放すること）」に同意した参加企業に対して無償でライセンス提供を行います。2018年にはマイクロソフトがOINに参加、OSSと特許訴訟を巡る状況の1つの転換点となりました。 マイクロソフト、オープンソース特許ネットワーク（OIN）に加盟、特許6万件を開放 さらに、OSSに関して不当な特許が発生するリスクを減らすべく、OINの下部組織として「Linux…
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Fujitsu Attains Second OpenChain Conformant Program
Fujitsu, an OpenChain Platinum Member, is the first organization to attain two OpenChain 2.0 conformant programs. Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Meeting #16 – Full Recording
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group held its 16th meeting on the 3rd of June. You can find the recording of the session as well as the presentation slides here:…
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Cisco Systems, Inc. Announces OpenChain Conformance
Cisco Systems, Inc (Cisco), a Platinum Member of the OpenChain Project, today announces conformance with the industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain. As a founding member…
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OpenChain Webinar Condensed #1 – Build Instructions
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. To supplement these webinars we…
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OpenChain Webinar #5: Software Heritage + Making Compliance Scalable in a Container World – Full Recording
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We held our fifth meeting…
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OSS管理のベストプラクティス＆OSS管理ツールの選び方
はじめに こんにちは。あるいは、はじめまして。二度目ましての方も、おいででしょうかね。オープンソース（OSS）の利活用コンサルをしています、渡邊歩です。好きなOSSライセンスは、Beerware Licenseです。今回は本業のテーマで、「OSS管理のベストプラクティス」の必須要素である「組織」、「ポリシー」、「（正しい）知識」、「ツール」について書かせていただこうと思います。OSSコンプライアンスって何から始めればいいの？OSS管理ツールってたくさんあるけどそれぞれどう違うの？というような方のお役に立てれば幸いです。 組織（Open Source Program Office/OSPO）について Linux Foundation TODOグループのオープンソースプログラムの作成では、OSPOは「オープンソースをサポートし、育成し、共用し、説明し、成長させていくために企業内で中心となる組織」と定義されています。組織、というととても専門的で大規模なものを想像するかもしれませんが、少人数だったり他の業務との兼務だったりと、その形態は企業・組織によって様々です。これまで多くの企業・組織のOSPOの設立をご支援してきた中で、その成立ちを大きく分類すると下図のようになります。どのモデルにもそれぞれメリット・デメリットがありますので、それらを意識しながら推進していくことが重要です。成功するOSPOの共通点というと、必要であれば会社の規則を変えたり製品の出荷を止めたりできるような「権限」があることと、企業・組織としてコンプライアンスを推進するのだという「使命」があることでしょうか。また、ルール主導にならないよう、開発チームと密に連携して無理のないプロセスを構築していくことも、成功の秘訣です。 ポリシーについて OSS管理って何から手をつければ良いんですか？という質問をいただくことがありますが、私はまず「OSSポリシーを作りましょう」とご提案します。OSSポリシーとは、企業または組織がOSSとどのように関わっていくかという指針を定めたもので、様々なシーンで判断をする際の拠り所になります。OSSポリシーにも色々な形式、粒度がありますが、私が一般的におすすめしているのは下記の形式です。ポリシーで定めた内容を詳細化し読み物の形にした「ガイドライン」や、組織のメンバーに理解・浸透させるための「教育資料」の形に転用することもできます。 正しい知識について 今年は、たくさんの会社様からOSS教育のご依頼をいただきました。OSSの活用そのものが増えてきていることに加え、「正しく基礎的な知識を全員が持っていること」が重要視されてきているように思います。OpenChain Japan WGでは、関係する方々全員に正しい理解をしていただくためのリーフレット「オープンソースソフトウェアライセンス遵守のための一般公衆ガイド」を作成しました。（詳しくは12月8日のSat_Uさんの記事をご覧ください！）このガイドは、日本語版が作成された後、英語や中国語などに翻訳されています。海外の取引先にOSSコンプライアンスについて知って貰いたい方は是非この翻訳版のガイドを活用してください。 ツール（OSS管理ツール）について ここでは、ソフトウェアを解析し、内包するOSSを検出するツールのことをOSS管理ツールと呼びます。OSS管理ツールも様々なものがありますよね。結局のところ、どれがいいの？と迷われる方も多いと思いますので、選ぶ際の観点とおすすめツールを纏めてみました。観点その1：OSSを改変して使っているかOSS管理ツールの基本的なアプローチは、解析対象ファイルから算出したハッシュ値と、予め算出して蓄えてあるOSSのハッシュ値とを比較する「ファイルマッチング」という方法です。ほとんどのツールには「あいまいマッチ検出」の機能があるので、軽微な改変であれば検出することができますが、改変の度合いと検出率は相反関係になります。改変されたOSSの検出を可能にするため、いくつかのOSS管理ツールでは「スニペットマッチング」というアプローチをとっています。これは、ファイルの一部分だけが似ているようなOSSを特定することができ、OSSの意図しない混入（コンタミネーション）を検出することができます。as-isのOSSのライブラリを参照しているだけ、というような方であればファイルマッチングができるOSS管理ツールで十分ですし、組込み開発などでOSSの改変が必須の方であれば、スニペットマッチングができるOSS管理ツールを選んでください。このカテゴリのおすすめツール：・Black Duck（ファイルマッチング・スニペットマッチング）・White Source（ファイルマッチング） 観点その2：独自ビルドのバイナリファイルを解析する必要があるかOSSのバイナリファイルをas-isで使用している場合であれば、上述の「ファイルマッチング」でカバーできますが、独自ビルドのバイナリファイルは、ビルド環境やオプション等によりハッシュ値が変わりますので、特別なアプローチが必要です。元にしたソースファイルが手元にある場合はもちろん、ソースファイルを解析すれば良いのですが、外部からの購入品などでバイナリファイルしか手元にない場合もありますので、そのような方は独自ビルドのバイナリファイルを解析する機能を持ったツールを選んでください。このカテゴリのおすすめツール：・Black Duck・Insignary Clarity 観点その3：依存関係の解析取り込んだOSSが更に別のOSSを取り込んでいて、突き詰めていくとGPLライセンスのライブラリが入っていた・・・という「あるある」を経験したことのある方も多いのではないでしょうか。このような「入れ子構造」になっているライセンスのことを「Deep License」と呼びます。このようなDeep Licenseを調べるには、パッケージ毎の依存関係（どのパッケージが、どのパッケージを内包しているか）を調べなければなりません。Deep Licenseを詳しく調べたい方は、パッケージマネージャの依存関係を示すファイルを解析しパッケージの依存関係を可視化してくれる機能を持ったツールを選んでください。このカテゴリのおすすめツール：・FOSSA 明日のテーマは・・・ 明日の担当は、tech_nomad_さん。「OSSと特許侵害」という、とても気になる！でも難しくて解らない！というテーマを語ってくださいます。控えめに言ってもめっちゃためになります。明日もお楽しみに！！ お役立ちリンク…
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OpenChain Webinar #5: Software Heritage + Making Compliance Scalable in a Container World – Coming June 1st @ 9am Pacific
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We hold our fifth meeting…
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M&A and OpenChain – OpenUK Webinar – 29th May – Noon UK Time
Andrew Katz, Managing Partner at Moorcrofts and CEO of Orcro (both OpenChain partners), will lead an OpenUK webinar on the topic of OpenChain in M&A. This issue is increasingly important…
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OPPO Is Now An OpenChain Platinum Member
MAY 27, SAN FRANCISCO - Today the OpenChain Project is delighted to announce OPPO as our latest Platinum Member. As a Platinum Member of the project OPPO will provide strategic…
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Yocto環境にmeta-spdxscannerを適用し、SPDX出力環境を構築する（fossdriver利用編）
はじめに OSSライセンス スキャナーであるFOSSologyを利用すると、OSSパッケージ毎のソース コード解析→SPDXファイルの出力が可能です。しかし、ソース コードをパッケージ毎にWeb UIからFOSSologyへ送るのは手間がかかるため、meta-spdxscannerを利用して、Yoctoでビルドしながら、FOSSologyへソース コードを送信、解析、SPDXファイルを出力する環境の構築方法をまとめてみました。 今回、構築する環境は、以下のような感じです。 ホスト環境は、Ubuntu 18.04やAWS（Amazon Linux）など、dockerが使えれば何でもよいです。青枠がdockerコンテナです。FOSSologyやYoctoビルド環境をdockerコンテナで構築し、Yoctoビルド環境のdocker上にFOSSologyとアクセスするためのfossdriverをインストールします。※FOSSologyやYoctoビルド環境についての説明は割愛します。 FOSSology環境の構築 FOSSology のdockerイメージを取得します。最新版は3.6.0版ですが、fossdriver経由で動作しないので、3.5.0版を取得します。追記：fossdriverが、FOSSology-3.6.0に対応したようです。（https://github.com/fossology/fossdriver/commit/efbbd51ae407e78cd8f969b2cdc3c243b31ade2a） $ sudo docker pull fossology/fossology:3.5.0 FOSSology dockerを起動します。 $ sudo docker run -d -p 8081:80 --name…
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OpenChain Webinar #4: Unpacking SPDX 2 2 + SPDX Lite – Full Recording
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We held our fourth meeting…
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OpenUK Webinar: Intro to OpenChain Compliance – May 22nd at 12pm UK Time (GMT+1)
Sami Atabani, one of the founders of the OpenChain Project and our board member from Arm, will provide a webinar to the OpenUK Future Leaders' Training series on OpenChain compliance.…
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Joint Development Foundation recognized as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 PAS submitter and submits OpenChain for international review
In the last few days Linux Foundation has publicly announced Joint Development Foundation (JDF) as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 PAS submitter and provided more information on how JDF will support OpenChain…
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Japan WG全体会合について
English translation throughout by Fukuchi San. Thank you Fukuchi San! Introduction 本日はOpenChain Japan Workgroupで開催している全体会合について紹介します。私は、Planning subgroupのリーダーを担当している福地と申します。Planning subgroupは毎回全体会合を企画しています。 My name is Hiro Fukuchi, I am the leader of the planning subgroup. This…
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OpenChain Webinar #4: Unpacking SPDX 2.2 + SPDX Lite – Coming May 18th
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We hold our fourth meeting…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Meeting #15 – Full Recording
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group held its 15th meeting on the 13th of May. This meeting covered general updates in the tooling space and a deep dive into TERN…
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OpenChain Webinar 3 – Presentation Slides
OpenChain Webinar 3 was held on the First Monday of May 2020 and featured talks on contribution policies, M&A and due diligence. View the Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBSWHeOGEEg The speakers have made…
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OpenChain Introduction @ NTIA Software Bill of Materials Framing Group
The OpenChain Project was introduced by Shane Coughlan, General Manager at the latest NTIA Software Bill of Materials Framing Group meeting. The OpenChain industry standard provides a framework for companies…
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OpenChain Japan WG「役割ごとの教育資料」SWGのご紹介
株式会社日立製作所 岩田吉隆 はじめに 今回は、OpenChain Japan WG「役割ごとの教育資料」SWGについて紹介します。 活動概要 メンバ ソニー、オリンパス、日立（リーダ） 活動状況 F2F会議での検討、作業（現在まで９回開催）Japan WG会議での報告（第７回～第11回）Planning SWG他での共通教育資料案のレビューGitHubでの検討資料公開 検討資料 資料案 OSSのコンプライアンスにかかる教育の状況 先ず、コンプライアンスにかかる教育の状況について議論しました。 a. OpenChain設立前から、OSSに関する教育を実施している会社もある。b. これから、教育を実施する会社は、どういう教育内容、対象者からスタートすべきか、検討が必要。c. 会社毎のビジネス形態により、 OSSに関わる必要なビジネスフローは異なる。d. OSSに関わる上で、役割ごとに本当に必要最小限な教育観点は異なっている。e. Curriculum※ を全て教育内容に盛り込むと、分量が多すぎる。f. Specification※, Curriculumとの整合性も考慮が必要。 (※：SpecificationはOpenChainの一連の要件を定義している仕様書、CurriculumはOpenChainのSpecificationを下支えするトレーニング教材) 進め方の方針…
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A Brief Introduction to OpenChain – May 2020
OpenChain provides introduction slides to help individuals and organizations understand our mission and goal. These slides include speaker notes to help our community present to interested parties. The latest version…
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OpenChain Webinar #3 – Video Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBSWHeOGEEg The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We held our third…
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OpenChain First Monday Partner Call – May 2020 – Video Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePTUx9IH57Q
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OpenChain and Procurement Departments – Call for Comments and Suggestions
We have had some great feedback on the procurement document. Before we head into release I want to put out a final call for comments and suggestions. We close this…
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製品開発サプライチェーンでのライセンス情報授受の仕組みに関わる、「組織間のライセンス情報授受」サブグループの活動ご紹介
ルネサスエレクトロニクス(株)の伊藤と申します。製品開発サプライチェーンでのライセンス情報授受の仕組みに関わる、「組織間のライセンス情報授受」サブグループの活動を紹介いたします。 なんのための活動？ 組織・企業間でライセンス情報を正しく伝えるために 製品開発やサービスを行うために、ソフトウェアを開発する場合、ソフトウェアを部品(パッケージ・モジュール)単位で開発を分担することが一般的です。 個別のソフトウェア開発元・コミュニティ → 複数のソフトウェアを取りまとめてパッケージする企業・組織 → 仕様を決め、全体をまとめ、一まとまりの製品として開発する企業 → 製品要件などを決め、実際に顧客へと販売する企業、と企業・組織間のサプライチェーンに沿って、製品を構成するハードウェアに付随するソフトウェアを基盤に開発すること、市販されているソフトウェアをサービスの一部に組み入れること、目的に合わせたソフトウェアをその分野に強い企業・組織に個別に開発してもらう、などと、ソフトウェアは渡っていきます。 それら企業・組織間で授受されるソフトウェアには、必ずライセンスの条件など、付随する情報が伴います。 特にオープン ソース ソフトウェア(OSS)が含まれる場合、組織間の明示的な委託・受託契約で定義されるライセンス条件に加えて、OSSの配布に伴い提供すべき各種情報、その他のソフトウェア パッケージに関わるライセンス条件などを示す情報を、ソフトウェアと一緒に引き渡し、遵守する必要があります。 OSSのライセンスを遵守するためには、これらサプライチェーン上に位置する全ての企業が正確なライセンス情報を提供することが必要になります。サプライチェーン上で1社でもライセンス情報の提供を正確に提供することができないと、その企業より下流にある企業全てがOSSライセンスを遵守できなくなります。OSSのサプライチェーンに関係する担当者全員が理解して正確に作業することによって、適切にOSSの各ライセンスの条件を遵守することが可能になります。 このサブグループでは、「サプライチェーン上に位置する全ての企業が正確なライセンス情報を提供する」ための仕組み・ガイドを作成し、全ての企業・組織、そしてコミュニティが容易にOSSライセンスの遵守できることを目的に活動しています。 活動方針 業界標準のフォーマットを用いたライセンス情報の伝達と、より簡便な方法の提案 このサブグループは、ライセンス情報をあつかう上で、業界でも知られている標準的な手段の活用と、さらに、その手段への改善提案を行うことを、基本方針として活動しています。 ライセンス情報を扱うためのプロジェクトとして、Linux Foundation傘下にSoftware Package Data Exchange Workgroup (SPDX)があります。 SPDX Workgroupは、SPDXフォーマットを定義しており(本稿記載時点での最新版は、SPDX Specification…
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OpenChain Japan Virtual All Member Meeting #1: Reports from Six Sub-Groups – April 23rd 2020
The full recording of the Virtual All Member Meeting #1 is now available (Japanese language). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFi-c8FQbuQ&t=1s
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OpenChain Japan WG Tooling Sub-WGの活動について
Tooling SWGとは （Japan WG Tooling Sub WGという名前は長いので、この記事ではTSWGとします）OpenChain Japan WGでは、さまざまな活動が行われていますが、TSWGの目的は、OSSコンプライアンスのための活用できるツールの情報を「（できるだけ）日本語で紹介」して「ツールを使いたい人のハードルが下がると良いな」という気持ちで活動しているWGです。2019年3月から活動しています。 なぜツールが重要か？ OSSコンプライアンスを一言で説明すると、「OSSライセンスを守って正しく使う」ということになります（リスク云々の話はあえてしません）。そのためには、OSSの入手、利用（開発）、成果物リリース、運用・保守までの一連のプロセスで、OSSライセンスを意識しなければなりません。各プロセスですべきことを簡単にまとめると、次のようになります。 手順やること入手OSSライセンスや著作者などを確認利用独自実装部分とOSS、OSS間の依存関係でライセンスの矛盾がないか等を確認リリース利用したOSSを記録し、提供する各種ドキュメントやソースコードを用意保守問い合わせに対応。脆弱性などの不具合への対応 これらの作業を手作業で行うのは、次のような理由でとても大変です。 OSSライセンスの種類が多数ある組み合わせることができないOSSライセンスの組合せが存在する一つのOSSのソースコード群が必ず一つのOSSライセンスに対応するとは限らない ツールを上手く活用することで、OSSライセンスの確認や、管理の手間を大幅に削減することが可能となります。また、ツールのアウトプットを標準的な形（例：SPDX）で蓄積することで、ツール間の情報流通を簡単に行うことができるというメリットもあり、結果としてOSS活用のハードルが下がる可能性もあります。 TSWGができた訳 OSSコンプライアンスのためのツールは多数ありますが、それらツールに関する情報のほとんどは英語で記述されており、日本語で気軽に情報交換できる場がありませんでした。とはいえ、日本にも海外の開発者と一緒にツールに関する活動に関わっている人もそれなりにいるため、「日本でOSSコンプライアンスのツールを活用しやすくする目的のために、最先端のツール開発状況や利用方法について、気軽に情報交換できる場を作ろう」というモチベーションで始まったのがTSWGです。 TSWGの活動内容 TSWGの活動の主軸は、「参加メンバ間でツールに関して議論する」です。その活動の成果として、次のようなものを想定しています。 ツールに関する入手可能な情報をまとめるツール紹介セミナー開催情報の流通過程とツールのマッピング作成不足部分(機能)の明確化ツールが管理するデータ流通手段の検討関連コミュニティへの参加と提案OpenChain本体のReference Tooling WGSPDX活動に賛同するメンバ拡大のためのプロモーション 今までの活動 TSWGは、現在2ヶ月に1回くらいのペースでF2Fミーティングを開催してます。今までに開催したF2Fミーティングでは、次のような情報共有や報告がありました。 回 内容第1回今後の活動方針について議論第2回SPDX Toolsの紹介、SW360の紹介第3回OpenChain仕様を考慮したSW360運用、ClearlyDefinedプロジェクトの紹介、FOSSologyのCLIとREST APIの利用方法紹介第4回OSS読み解きについて、tl;trの紹介、OpenChain Reference Tooling WG立ち上げについて、Open…
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SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 27, 2020 – The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Osborne Clarke is our latest partner organization. Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with offices…
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The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We hold our third meeting…
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The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. You can join us every…
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OSSライセンスに関するFAQサブグループのご紹介
こんにちは。富士通株式会社の大内です。Advent Calendar 4日目は、FAQサブグループの活動を紹介します。 活動成果 FAQサブグループでは、「OSSライセンス関連でよくある誤解」というタイトルのFAQを作成して公開しています。今年の７月に公開したバージョン3では、20個のQAを掲載しています。 下記URLの「成果物 / Outcomes」から「FAQ」をご参照ください。 https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/jwg_outcomes_page 今回は、このサブグループを立ち上げたきっかけや、活動内容を紹介したいと思います。 きっかけ 私は知財部門に所属しており、OSSに関しては、ライセンス条件を遵守するためのガイドラインや教材等を作成して、社内の開発部門を支援しています。 ある時、1年間程、一緒に活動していたプロジェクトの営業さんと、立ち話しでライセンスのことを話していたところ、「製品の使用許諾書には、改変したり、配布したりしてはいけないって書いてあるからできないけど、OSSは禁止って書いてないから、自由に改変したり、配布したりできるってことですよね。」と言われました。 「エッ!、そこが分かってなかったの？」 「禁止って書いてなくても、やっていいって書いてなかったら、改変したり、コピーしたものをお客様へ配布したりできないんですよ!!」 インターネットから無償でダウンロードできるソフトウェアには、OSS以外にも様々な条件のものがあるため、著作権の基本事項がきちんと分かっていないと間違いを起こしてしまいます。 社内教育では著作権の基本事項を説明していますが、技術者の中にも、OSSを利用する際、著作権がどのような場面で関係してくるのか、きちんと理解できていない人がいるかもしれません。 そこで、社内外のセミナーでよくある質問や、開発者が誤解してそうな内容を簡単にまとめて紹介したら面白いかなと思い、いくつかのQAを作成してみました。 このQAをOpenChain Japan WGの全体会合で紹介したところ、「各社に共通する内容だ!」と共感してもらいました。そしてサブグループを立ち上げてQAを更新、ブラッシュアップしていくことになりました。 2018年10月18日にキックオフを行い、現在、26名が参加しています。 活動方針 QAの作成は、以下の方針としました。 1. 対象者は、著作権やOSSライセンスにあまり詳しくない技術者とする。 2. 各社に共通する一般的な内容を作成する。 3. ビジネスの背景により判断が分かれる内容は記載しない。 4. IPA、SOFTIC、OSSコミュニティ等から関連するドキュメントやサイトが公開されている場合は、本QAでの詳細説明は行わず、参照するドキュメントを記載する。 5. 公開する前に弁護士レビューを受ける。 また、サブグループのメンバーは、様々な会社の人から構成されており、経験しているビジネスも異なるため、本音で会話できるようにChatham House Rule（会話した内容は利用できるが、誰が言ったかは口外しない）を採用することにしました。 FAQフォーマット 技術者は、開発に忙しいですし、法律っぽい解説書にはあまり興味を持ってもらえません。そこで、簡単にポイントが分かるように、QAのフォーマットを以下の構成とし、PowerPointにまとめることにしました。 (1)タイトル (2)質問 (3)はい/いいえの回答 (4)解説 FAQを公開する際のライセンスは、CC0-1.0（パブリックドメイン）ですので、各社が自社のビジネスに合わせて自由に複製、改変して教育等で利用することもできます。…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Online Meeting – April 23rd at 1pm Tokyo Time
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will host an online meeting on the 23rd of April. This meeting will feature reports from six of the sub-groups and will have plenty of…
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OSS Engineering Consultants is the Latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 20, 2020 – The OpenChain Project is excited to announce OSS Engineering Consultants (OSSEC) as our latest partner organization. A consulting firm based in North America, OSSEC…
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OpenChain Webinar # 1 – Survey Results
The first OpenChain Webinar took place on the First Monday of April with talks on Supply Chain Governance and Container Compliance. You can learn more about the specifics of the…
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FOSSID Webinar: OpenChain, Standardization and Real World Deployment – April 29th @ 2pm Pacific
Max Gnipping of FOSSID and Shane Coughlan of OpenChain will co-host a free, interactive webinar to discuss OpenChain, standardization and the path to real world utilization. This is an event…
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OpenChain Japan WG 第12回会合 のご案内
はじめに 12/2の今田さんの投稿でもご説明いただいていましたが、OpenChain Japan WGでは2〜3ヶ月ごとに全体会合を開催しています。次回会合は 今月12/19（木）13:30〜18:00 東京のNEC本社ビル（JR田町駅 or 都営三田駅） で開催する予定です。Advent Calendar 3日目は、その全体会合のご案内をさせていただきます。 自己紹介 12/3を担当させていただく島直道です。もともとは組み込みの開発者だったんですが、2010年頃からオープンソースのライセンスやコンプライアンスに関する仕事に携わり、現在は領域を広げてOSSの管理（プロセス・ライセンス遵守/教育・脆弱性対策等）や、OSSの開発関連ツールの普及・展開、OSS活用支援などを担当しています。Japan WG には第3回会合から参加させていただいており、個人的にはつぎでちょうど10回目の参加ということになります。趣味は釣りと料理とクラフトビアと温泉と旅行と野球と鉄道とカメラってとこですね。あとRaspberry Pi Audioも。 OpenChain Japan WG 第12回会合について 第12回会合は内容盛りだくさんで、いつもの会合よりちょっと長めです。ご参加いただく皆さんにとって非常に有用な情報収集・交換の場になることを確信しています。また、Japan WGの発足が2017年の12月なので、ちょうど2周年という記念すべき会合になります。 なお今回の会合は、12/17〜18に品川で開催されるThe Linux Foundation主催のOpen Compliance Summit 2019の翌日ということもあり、ゲストとして海外からもOSSのコンプライアンスに関わっている方にお越しいただき、さらに、一部の方にはご講演いただくことも予定しています。しかもなんと！英語セッションにはJapan WGメンバーの方のご協力による逐次通訳付きです！感謝！！ 開催概要 日時:…
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OpenChain Reference Training @ United Nations Technology Innovation Labs – April 9th
Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, will deliver a webinar covering the OpenChain Reference Training slides as part of his contribution to the open source advisory council of UNTIL. This training…
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Siemens Announces OpenChain 2.0 Conformance
Siemens, an OpenChain Platinum Member and pioneer of adoption around our standard, has announced OpenChain 2.0 conformance. This builds on their previous public work in describing their journey and announcing…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Meeting #13 – Presentation Slides
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group held its 13th meeting on the 8th of April. You can find the recordings of Scot Petersons presentation as well as his presentations slides…
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OpenChain Webinar #2: OpenChain in China (Maggie) and OpenChain at Facebook (Michael) – Coming April 20th
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We hold our second meeting…
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OpenChain Webinar #1 – Supply Chain Governance + Container Compliance – Full Recording
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We kicked off on Monday…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Sub-Group Webinar
The OpenChain Japan Work Group's latest event will feature reports from six sub-groups: promotion, FAQ, education, leaflet, licensing and tooling. Everyone is invited. This event will be in Japanese. 場所： Zoom…
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OpenChain Webinar #1: Supply Chain Governance (Nikolay ) and Container Compliance (Armijn)
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We kick off on Monday…
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OpenChain プロジェクトおよび OpenChain Japan WG のご紹介
株式会社日立製作所 今田律夫 はじめに OpenChainプロジェクト は、The Linux Foundation の公式プロジェクトの一つです。今回は、OpenChainプロジェクトおよびOpenChain Japan WGについてご紹介します。 OpenChainプロジェクト オープンソースソフトウェア (以下ではOSSと略します) の活用にあたっては、各ソフトウェアの著作者が定めたライセンスを遵守する必要があります。特に、組織においてOSSを活用する場合、組織に入ってくるOSS (Inbound)、組織から出ていくOSS (Outbound) の両方について適切な管理が行われるよう、管理体制の確立が必要になります。OpenChainプロジェクトは、各組織が組織内に確立すべきOSSコンプライアンスプログラムの要件をOpenChain仕様として定義し、その普及を推進しています。また、OpenChainプロジェクトは、OpenChain仕様のISO規格化を進めています。 OpenChainプロジェクトの会員資格 OpenChainプロジェクトの会員資格には、The Linux Foundationの会員企業が参加できる有償のプラチナ会員と、コミュニティ会員とがあります。プラチナ会員は本稿の執筆時点で、Adobe, ARM, Bosch, Cisco, Comcast, Facebook, 富士通, Google, 日立製作所, Microsoft, パナソニック, Qualcomm,…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 Available In Russian
The official reference translation of the OpenChain Specification 2.0 is now available in Russian thanks to Denis Dorotenko (Yandex) and Pavel Lugovoy (independent counsel). This marks another important milestone for…
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OpenChain Virtual Meeting Support – Open to All
The OpenChain Project has a global community of organizations working together to make open source compliance faster, easier and more effective. We have local work teams in China, Japan, Korea,…
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The OpenChain Webinars: Bi-Weekly Connections Across The World
Over the last three years the OpenChain Project has held bi-weekly calls on the First Monday (9am Pacific) and Third Monday (5pm Pacific) of each month. These calls have driven…
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OpenChain in Q2 – Continuing Leadership, Continuing Support
The global lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 is a unique historical moment. We are seeing both great success and great challenges in addressing this disease, and at all…
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OpenChain Taiwan Work Group Launches New Website!
Access the most comprehensive OpenChain information in Traditional Chinese here. OpenChain 臺灣網站正式上線! https://openchain-project.github.io/OpenChain-TWG/ OpenChain提供一致性方案可以涵蓋單個產品線或整個組織，在開源裡建立信任以構建軟體解決方案。 臺灣網站旨在提供繁體中文的OpenChain相關內容以及活動資訊. 若對網站內容有任何指教, 歡迎各位先進提交修改 https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/OpenChain-TWG Telegram 討論頻道 https://t.me/joinchat/O6BDhVXYm17Bm8_4s-aZIg 訂閱臺灣 OpenChain 官方社群 Mailing List https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/taiwan-wg
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Next Meeting April 8th at 9am UTC+2
Proposed Agenda 1. Continue on best practices for container compliance Join The Call Join using the Circuit Desktop App or mobile app:circuit://circuit.siemens.com/guest?token=fbb05519-298c-491e-9aa0-461cc468a867Join using the Circuit web client or mobile…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Minutes of the March 25th Meeting
1. NewsOliver informed all that Haksung created an overview about sw360 in Korean language.Further Oliver created a new branch "containers" in our Github repo and provided there the material shown…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 5 – Video Minutes – 19th March
The full video minutes of our most recent OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting are now available. This was a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 situation. Great thanks to all…
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ようこそOpenChain Japan WGへ！
はじめに こんにちは。あるいは、はじめまして。OpenChain Japan WGのアドベントカレンダーへようこそ！私たちOpenChain Japan WGは、OSS(Open Source Software)のコンプライアンスに関する活動をしている日本のコミュニティです。これから25日間にわたって、コミュニティのみんなでたくさんのことをお伝えしていきたいと思います。このアドベントカレンダーを通して、私たちの活動やOSSコンプライアンスの重要性について知っていただくとともに、コミュニティのメンバーについても知っていただき、参加したいなと思っていただけるようになれば幸いです。どうぞよろしくお願いします。 自己紹介 アドベントカレンダーのトップバッターを務めさせていただきます渡邊歩です。OSSの活用に関するコンサルテーションを生業としています。好きなライセンスは、Beerware Licenseです。OSSコンプライアンスについては8年ほどのキャリアになりますが、OSS管理のベストなやり方を提案し、お客様と一緒にOSS管理のプロセスを作りあげていくお仕事をしています。 OpenChainについて OpenChainは、Linux Foundationの公式プロジェクトのひとつで、OSSのライセンスコンプライアンスプログラムを組織が構築するための指針を整備しているプロジェクトです。OpenChainは、ソフトウェアのサプライチェーンの中で活動する人々が各組織内に確立すべきコンプライアンスプログラムの要件を、OpenChain仕様として定義し、各組織がそれらを確立するための支援を行っています。 Japan WGについて OpenChain Japan WGは、日本で活動するOpenChainのワーキンググループで、日本企業ならではの課題や解決策について議論や情報交換を行っています。Japan WGの中には更にPlannning, Tooling, Promotion, FAQ, リーフレット, 教育資料, ライセンス情報など、たくさんのサブワークグループがあり、それぞれが活発に活動しています。このアドベントカレンダーでは、それぞれのサブワークグループのリーダーによる活動報告もありますのでお楽しみに！ 我々のまとめ役、Shaneさん OpenChainのゼネラルマネージャーのShane Coughlanさんは、我々のまとめ役として、我々の活動をいつも、温かく応援してくれています。Shaneさんからのコメントを紹介します！ The…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Activity Epics
Legal Assessor Epic A legal assessor might be a lawyer or a special trained person who cares about licenses which apply to applications that include OSS and/or other third party…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group: Republishing the Advent Calendar
During the December 2019 period the OpenChain Japan Work Group ran a series of articles covering OpenChain, their work, and what it means to companies. We will be republishing this…
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MOXA ♥ OpenChain – The News in Chinese and Korean
The recent news regarding MOXA's decision to become an OpenChain Platinum Member has spread through Chinese and Korean language media. Naturally these are very important geographic and linguistic areas for…
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RFC: Draft Best Practices for License Complaint Containers
OpenChain Project Request for Comments Oliver, chair of our reference tooling work group, has started to draft best practices for license complaint containers. Have some thoughts? Want to help? Engage…
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Webinar with GTC Law and FOSSID – Open Source Software and Code Snippets
GTC Law and FOSSID, two official partners of the OpenChain Project, will host a webinar on March 26th 2020 at 9:30 am EST that covers open source software and code…
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Open Source For You Magazine Covers OpenChain
Shane Coughlan, General Manager of the Linux Foundation OpenChain Project, Keith Bergelt, OIN CEO, take a look at open source expectation & Open Source Software (OSS)-related behavior in the supply chain…
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AlektoMetis is the Latest Partner of the OpenChain Project
The founders of AlektoMetis, Prof. Dr. Andreas Bärwald and Nicole Pappler have been closely connected to the OpenChain project for several years. After successfully creating and launching the OpenChain 3rd…
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Lex Pan Law and Opsequio are the Latest OpenChain Partners
SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 24, 2020 – Today the OpenChain Project welcomes Lex Pan Law and Opsequio as our latest official partners. Lex Pan Law, a technology law firm based in…
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OpenChain 2.0 in French
Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir The OpenChain Specification 2.0, the latest version of our industry standard for open source compliance, is now available in French. This official translation provides a…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 5 – Keynote – 19th March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYyCx8fuYI The OpenChain Project Korea Work Group held its fifth meeting remotely on the 17th of March. A recording of Shane Coughlan's opening speech is now available in English. While…
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OpenChain on GitHub – March 2020
The OpenChain Project has a substantial presence on GitHub. We use our space to store core documents like the project charter and specification, our growing library of reference material under…
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Open Compliance Summit 2019 – The Event in Review
The Open Compliance Summit is held annually in Japan. It is an exclusive 2-day event for Linux Foundation members and select invitees that provides an excellent opportunity for organizations to…
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OpenChain Partner Call – Mid-March Video Minutes
The video minutes from our latest partner call are available online. Check them out below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4BAmR2uCXw
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OpenChain Third Monday Call – March Video Minutes
The video minutes of our latest Third Monday call are available online. Check them out below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGZRgWxknaE
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – March 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 03-16-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_2020-03-16.pdf Watch the video minutes https://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGZRgWxknaE All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group in 2020
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group meets on a bi-weekly schedule via teleconference to discuss one of the most pressing issues around open source compliance: how do we automate as…
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OpenChain Releases Metrics to Evaluate Source Code Scanning Tools
Today the OpenChain Project is releasing a community contribution from Ibrahim Haddad covering metrics that can be applied to evaluate source code scanning tools. This is a timely topic, given…
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The 5th Meeting of OpenChain Korea Work Group – Remote and Going Ahead on the 19th of March
The fifth meeting of the OpenChain Korea Work Group will take place as a remote conference call at 2pm on the 19th of March. All interested parties are invited to…
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OpenChain Welcomes South Toranomon Law Offices as Our Latest Partner
Uenuma San The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome South Toranomon Law Offices as the latest participant in our partner program. South Toranomon Law Offices is one of the oldest…
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Open Source Software: The Legal Framework for Free Software 5th Edition Out Now – Featuring OpenChain
The fifth edition of the seminal open source compliance book by Dr Till Jaeger and Professor Axel Metzger is now out in German. This updated edition features OpenChain prominently in…
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Fiducia & GAD Win Multiple Awards at SAM Strategies
Fiducia & GAD came third in the public award voting AND received the special Jury Award at the recent SAM Strategies event held in Germany. Stefan Thanheiser and his team have…
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EACG OpenChain One-Slide Explanation
Jan Thielscher and his team at EACG have prepared a one-slide overview of the OpenChain Project. Clear, easy-to-digest communication is critical as OpenChain expands and our industry standard for open…
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OpenChain Releases Draft Worksheets
As part of the OpenChain Project's ongoing commitment to providing a large library of useful reference material, and thanks to the kind contribution of Ibrahim Haddad, we are delighted to…
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Yoma Bank Announces the Latest OpenChain Conformant Program
The OpenChain Project is delighted to highlight that Yoma Bank is the latest organization to have a publicly announced OpenChain conformant program. Yoma Bank joins many other companies from a…
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id est avocats is the Latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 5, 2020 – The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that id est avocats is our latest partner organization. A boutique corporate and technology law firm based…
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OpenChain Reference Library Relaunched – Discovery and Translation First
The OpenChain Project has a comprehensive reference library covering all aspects of open source compliance management, including numerous resources related to training, policy and process content. This official and community-sourced reference…
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OpenChain Global First Monday Call – March 2020 – Minutes
We had an excellent OpenChain Global First Monday call. It covered a lot of news and we had a robust, useful discussion on some items in the specification. Review the…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – March 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 03-02-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_2020-03-02.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PogZgLLeKyc All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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PwC Provides Expanded Details on OpenChain Services
PwC offers Open Source Software management compliance attestation according to the OpenChain industry standard. Thanks to a global PwC reporting platform, the report can be made available to all clients,…
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OpenChain + SPDX Lite – Credit where Credit is Due
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has run an active licensing sub-work group throughout 2019. Their activity has been focused on practical applications of a streamlined Software Bill of Materials using…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 5 – 19th of March – Cancelled
The 5th meeting of the OpenChain Korean Work Group scheduled to be hosted by Kakao in Seoul on the 19th of March has been cancelled. The cancellation is due to COVID-19…
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OpenChain @ DLA Piper’s Open Source In-House Counsel Discussion on February 26th
DLA Piper’s Open Source In-house Counsel Discussion series is managed by and for in-house counsel, providing them with a venue to discuss open source legal issues under the Chatham House…
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OpenChain Third Monday Call February 2020 – Meeting Minutes
Our Regular OpenChain Third Monday call was held today at 5pm Pacific. We had attendees from Korea, Japan and the USA. This call caught everyone up with the latest news…
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OpenChain Overview Slides – Latest Version Available
The OpenChain Project periodically releases overview slides with speaker minutes to help explain our activities to organizations. These slides are designed to support local speakers with extensive notes. You can…
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OpenChain featured in Corporate Review Magazine
On January 25 2020 OpenChain was featured in an article in the Corporate Review magazine. This article focused on the recent announcement of Lyra Infosystems becoming an official OpenChain Project…
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Slides from the OpenChain Automotive Work Group
Yuichi Kusakabe kindly made his slides from a recent global Automotive Work Group meeting available. Review and Download the Slides on Slideshare https://www.slideshare.net/YuichiKusakabe/openchain-automotivewgoss-license-tools
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OpenChain Featured in CIO Review India
On Thursday, 13 February 2020, OpenChain was featured in an article in the CIO Review India. The primary focus of the article was related to welcoming Lyra Infosystems are an…
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Moxa Joins OpenChain Project As Platinum Member To Support Open Source Compliance
Taipei, Taiwan, Feb 18, 2020—The OpenChain Project, an initiative by the Linux’s Foundation to streamline open source compliance, announced today that Moxa Inc. has joined as a Platinum member. As…
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OpenChain Conformance: The Arm Case Study
This case study unpacks how the open source team at Arm used the OpenChain industry standard to simplify and speed their compliance process. It includes detailed information on the approach…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – February 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 02-17-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_2020-02-17.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Is6Vc-7AeY All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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Draft OpenChain Specification 2.0 Available in Russian
Thanks to the hard work of Denis Dorotenko at Yandex (https://dorotenko.pro/english/) the OpenChain Specification 2.0 has a draft translation in Russian. This will be converted to an official translation once…
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Minutes of the OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group Meeting – 12th February 2020
1. NewsOliver gave an overview about "what happened since last meeting":On 6th of Feb there was the kick off meeting of the OpenChain German Work Group. More than 35 persons…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 5 – Kakao Seoul on the 19th of March
The 5th meeting of the OpenChain Korean Work Group will be hosted by Kakao in Seoul. A big thank you to Violet from Kakao and all our work group members. Organizer…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting # 13 – Cancelled
The 13th meeting of the OpenChain Japan Work Group was scheduled to be held at DeNA in Shibuya on the 18th of February. However, due to the deteriorating situation in…
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OpenChain and COVID-19 – Update
The Linux Foundation is continuously monitoring the Novel Coronavirus situation to ensure the safety of our event participants and staff. We will be following all recommended guidelines from the Centers…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Meet Leon
The OpenChain Interviews continue with our first male interviewee, Leon from the law firm GTC. They are an official partner of the OpenChain Project and have wide engagement with user…
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Request for Comments: One Slide Summary of Where OpenChain Fits in Workflows
https://www.slideshare.net/ShaneCoughlan3/request-for-comments-one-slide-summary-of-where-openchain-fits-in-workflows Fukuchi San from Sony has provided us with a draft outlining where the various sections of the OpenChain Specification fit into company process workflows. This is building on a…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Meet Alex
The 10th OpenChain Project interview is live! Meet Alex, who makes sure our collection of international activities are recorded and fit together, and who brought previous interviews to publication. Read…
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OpenChain @ Linux Foundation Member Summit – 10~12 March 2020
The OpenChain Project will have a substantial presence at the forthcoming Linux Foundation Member Summit held during the 10th to 12th March 2020 in Lake Tahoe. Framing OpenChain as an…
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OpenChain Supplier Education Leaflet – German Draft
Stefan from Fiducia & GAD IT announced yesterday that work is well advanced on a German translation of our Supplier Education Leaflet. Originally created by a sub-group of the OpenChain…
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OpenChain Germany Meeting # 1 – 2020-02-06 – Minutes
The OpenChain Germany Work Group Meeting # 1 has full video minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8YpitlVNU&feature=youtu.be There are three key outcomes (1) We will work on a reporting format for open source…
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OpenChain Germany Meeting #1 – 2020-02-06 – Video Minutes
The video minutes for the first meeting of the OpenChain Germany Work Group are now available. This meeting was kindly hosted by Siemens in Nuremberg and featured 38 people from…
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OpenChain First Monday Call – February 2020 – Video Minutes
The video minutes for our February 2020 First Monday call are now available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3-hfQl8uw&feature=youtu.be
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OpenChain Cheat Sheet – Conformance Requirements in One Page
New from EACG: OpenChain Cheat Sheet - Conformance Requirements in One Page. This is a handy way to contextualize the whole industry standard for open source compliance in a single, easy-to-read…
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Material to Help Contextualize Available Third Party Certification
Our partners over at PwC Germany have just released a video outlining their Third Part Certification for OpenChain Project. This is another example of the growing user community and support community around our…
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NTT DATA Italy collaborates with OpenChain project to build trust in open source
License compliance will be simpler and more consistent. SAN FRANCISCO, 5th February 2020 – Today, the OpenChain Project welcomes NTT DATA Italy as our latest official partner. From its integral…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group @ FOSDEM – February 2020
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – February 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 02-03-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_first_monday_call_february_2020.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3-hfQl8uw All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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OpenChain and Coronavirus
A message from Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager Dear EveryoneFirst of all, I would like to offer my personal best wishes and thoughts to everyone who is impacted. The safety…
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OpenChain Interview for FOSSID in Japanese
A recent interview about OpenChain from FOSSID has been translated into Japanese. This is a great onboarding point for Japanese-speaking individuals and companies interested in learning more about our work.…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Meet Indira
The 9th OpenChain Project interview is live! Meet Indira! Read the Interview https://www.openchainproject.org/openchain-interview-9 Check out all the interviews https://www.openchainproject.org/about/leaders
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Inno3 is the Latest OpenChain Conformant Organization
SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 29, 2020 – Today the OpenChain Project welcomes Inno3 as our latest conformant organization. Inno3 is an open, independent innovation consultancy specializing in Open Data and Open…
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OpenChain @ United Nations Technology Innovation Labs OS and IP Advisory Group
Shane Coughlan, the OpenChain General Manager, has been named a participant in the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs OS and IP Advisory Group. While he is formally contributing as an…
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OpenChain and the Coronavirus Situation
The recent outbreak of a serious new Coronavirus in Asia has created a serious health challenge across multiple countries. Our thoughts are with everyone in areas impacted by illness, by…
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OpenChain @ Mindtrek Conference, Finland
The OpenChain Project is being featured by HH Partners, an official OpenChain Partner, at the Mindtrek Conference in Finland from the 28th to 20th January. HH Partners are a long-term…
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Community Proposal: Collaboration between ACT and OpenChain Reference Tooling WG
Fukuchi San from Sony recently shared a slide deck entitled 'Collaboration between ACT and OpenChain Reference Tooling WG - a Proposal.' Please find it below for reference. If you are…
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Lyra Infosystems is the Latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, January 23, 2020 – The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome Lyra Infosystems as our latest official partner. Lyra Infosystems offer services around Software Composition Analysis, Open Source…
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GTC is the Latest OpenChain Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, January 23, 2020 – Today, the OpenChain Project welcomes GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates as our latest official partner. GTC, based in the United States, specializes in…
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OpenChain Third Monday 2020-01-20 – Video Minutes Now Available
Some minor sound issues as we got started, but great coverage of our current activities @ events and community, plus the latest about what is coming next. https://youtu.be/BvrdlufCcLA Check out…
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OpenChain Germany Work Group Meeting # 1 @ Siemens Nuremberg on February 6th
Our Agenda Welcome & IntroductionOpenChain as an ISO standardDevelopments in our regional groupsDevelopments in our global automotive work groupDiscussion of focus topics of the German work groupWrap up & Next…
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OpenChain Around the World – Seminar Snapshot
OpenChain will feature in the forthcoming seminar from DLA Piper, GTC Law Group and Synopsys entitled 'The 2019 Open Source Year in Review.' The seminar will be held on the…
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OpenChain Around the World – India Snapshot
It is always great to see OpenChain Project appearing around the global commercial sphere. Here, for example, is the Lyra Infosystems Pvt Ltd website, highlighting their conformance with OpenChain 1.0…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – January 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 01-20-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_2020-01-20.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvrdlufCcLA&feature=youtu.be All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Chloe from Huawei
We are delighted to approach the Lunar New Year with another interview from our community series. This time Chloe from Huawei is sharing her story. Read the Interview https://www.openchainproject.org/openchain-interview-8 Check…
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Announcement: OpenChain Germany Work Group – First Meeting – 6th of February
We have great work groups in China, Japan, Korea, India and Taiwan. It is time to get started in Germany! Our first meeting will take place on the 6th of…
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OpenChain Automotive Workshop @ CES 2020
The OpenChain Automotive Work Group is holding a workshop at CES 2020. It takes place between 18:30 and 21:00 on the 9th of January at the 'St. Croix B' room…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – January 2020
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 01-06-2020. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_first_monday_2020-01-06.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duElR9rOJ0c&feature=youtu.be All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Samantha from Cisco
We are delighted to start the new year with another interview from our community series. This time Samantha from Cisco is sharing her story. Read the Interview https://www.openchainproject.org/openchain-interview-7 Check out…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting #12
OpenChain Project Japan workgroup held the 12th meeting at NEC on December 19th. This meeting was special for us because it marked the two year anniversary of our activity. We…
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OpenChain India Work Group Meeting #2
The second meeting of the OpenChain India Work Group took place on the 21st of December and was hosted by Lyra Infosystems. A full report of the meeting is available…
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OpenChain India Work Group Meeting # 2 – Coming Soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8lkV__PXlE The OpenChain India Work Group is holding its second meeting on the 21st of December. Our hosts this time around are the team at Lyra Infosystems! This will be…
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OpenChain @ Open Compliance Summit
The OpenChain Project was well-represented at the Open Compliance Summit held in Tokyo on December 17th and 18th. This global open source compliance event provides a venue for practitioners to…
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OpenChain Discussed at Open Source India 2019
Biju Nair discussed OpenChain during an open source compliance talk at Open Source India 2019 in the middle of October. This provided another interesting datapoint in our global community outreach…
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LF Energy Foundation and the OpenChain Project: Paris Talk
Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, recently delivered a talk in Paris about the LF Energy Foundation and OpenChain Project. This keynote was part of the inaugural LF Energy Summit and provided a clear…
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OpenChain Reference Tooling Group – Slides at OCS
Oliver Fendt presented the purpose and activities of the OpenChain Reference Tooling Group today at the Open Compliance Summit in Tokyo. His slides are available below and on Github. https://www.slideshare.net/ShaneCoughlan3/openchain-reference-tooling-work-group…
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OpenChain Interviews: CJK in Six Days
In the last six days we have published interviews from China, Japan and Korea! Talk about hitting the mark with our CJK strategic outreach! Thank you wonderful community members. Read…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Kyoungae from LG Electronics
We are delighted to announce the release of the sixth OpenChain community interview. This time we spoke with Kyoungae Kim, a leader of open source compliance matters in LGE, and…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Ayumi from Hitachi
We are delighted to announce the release of the fifth OpenChain community interview. This time we had a chance to sit down with Ayumi from Hitachi, an active contributor to…
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OpenChain Supplier Leaflet in Vietnamese – RC1
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of our supplier education leaflet in Vietnamese. This translation has been spearheaded by Le Tien of Toshiba Vietnam. This is…
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PwC Germany and OpenChain Announce Third Party Certification Case Study
OpenChain Project is delighted to announce a case study in collaboration with PwC Germany. It explains how PwC OpenChain certification works globally. Check it out to understand how our industry standard is…
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Uber Announces OpenChain Conformance
TOKYO, DECEMBER 17 – Today Uber, a Platinum Member of the OpenChain Project, announces their conformance to the OpenChain Specification. This builds on their long-standing engagement and commitment to the…
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Microsoft Open Source Blog: Microsoft announces OpenChain 2.0 conformance for open source
David Rudin over at Microsoft has written a great blog post unpacking how and why OpenChain Conformance was important to his company. Check out some highlights below and do take…
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OpenChain Volunteers: You Now Have Business Cards and Lanyards
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we have official business cards and lanyards for our contributors around the world to use at events. We are releasing these today…
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The OpenChain Project Announces Microsoft OpenChain Conformance
SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 12 – Today, the OpenChain Project announced Microsoft, a Platinum Member, is the latest company to achieve OpenChain conformance. This milestone is an example of how OpenChain…
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OpenChain Reference Training Slides for OpenChain 2.0 – Traditional Chinese
The OpenChain Reference Training Slides for OpenChain 2.0 are now available in Traditional Chinese. https://www.slideshare.net/ShaneCoughlan3/openchain-reference-training-slide-for-openchain-20-traditional-chinese/ShaneCoughlan3/openchain-reference-training-slide-for-openchain-20-traditional-chinese Big thanks are due to Andrew Katz and his teams at Moorcrofts and Orcro for preparing…
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OpenChain China Work Group – Meeting # 2 – Baidu – 12th December
The second meeting of the OpenChain China Work Group is underway right now at the Baidu offices in Beijing. This event, kindly hosted and supported by our friends from companies…
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Open Source Policy Template 2.0 in Chinese (Traditional) and English
Thanks to the tremendous work of Andrew Katz, his team at Moorcrofts, and the team at Orcro, the OpenChain Project offers an open source policy template to support our industry…
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The OpenChain Interviews: Maggie from Ladas and Perry
We are delighted to announce the release of the fourth OpenChain community interview. This time we had a chance to sit down with Maggie from Ladas and Perry, an active…
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OpenChain Experiment: Automated Talk Transcript – Russ from GM
We have a terrific amount of activity in the OpenChain Project. A lot happens around our calls, where we often record audio and video, but we occasionally get asked for…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group – The First Case Studies
One exciting outcome of the OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting # 4 was the release of our first Korean case studies. These case studies from SK Telecom and NCSoft cover…
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 4 – Outcomes
The fourth OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting took place on the 2nd of December 2019 at KTDS. This event was attended by around 20 people from 8 companies and marked…
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OpenChain项目中文工作组会议＃2 – 12/12 下午2点到4点
12/12 下午2点到4点， 北京百度大厦 开源合规研讨会。 Our event will take place on the 12th of December between 14:00 and 16:00. Our event venue is Beijing Baidu Building Open Source Compliance Seminar @…
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OpenChain and AGL Collaborate to Facilitate Open Source Compliance in Automotive Production
At CES 2020 during early January you can meet some of the key people behind the OpenChain Project. Our demo desk at the Automotive Grade Linux stand will show how…
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OpenChain in India – Update on Status
The OpenChain India Work Group had a great inaugural meeting hosted by MCA in Bangalore on the 7th of September. 25 people from 11 companies attended and shared experiences around…
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OpenChain First Monday Call – 2nd December 2019 – Audio Minutes
The audio minutes from our recent First Monday call are now available. https://youtu.be/J6LfZxsvfxA You Can Also Check Out The Meeting Agenda + All Previous Calls https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/minutes
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OpenChain in Japan – The Statistics
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will hold its last meeting of the year on the 19th of December. It seems like a good time to reflect on growth and next…
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OpenChain in Japan – Event Schedule for December
The OpenChain Japan Work Group and its seven sub-groups are some of the most active parts of the OpenChain Project. Starting this month we are sharing their event schedule in…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – December 2019
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 12-02-2019. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_02-12-2019.pdf Read the written minutes https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_work_team_call_12-02-2019.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6LfZxsvfxA&feature=youtu.be All OpenChain…
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Fujitsu is the Latest OpenChain 2.0 Conformant Company
SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 29 – The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Fujitsu, a Platinum Member of the OpenChain Project, is the latest OpenChain 2.0 Conformant company. This activity is a…
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OpenChain Case Study: Interneuron
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our latest case study. This time we are exploring how the OpenChain industry standard helps create efficiencies in health tech. You can view…
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OpenChain Supplier Education Leaflet – Multiple Languages Available
The OpenChain Project provides extensive reference material to help companies of all sizes adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. Our mission is to help improve…
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OpenChain Steering Committee – Minutes from 29th October
On the 29th of October the OpenChain Steering Committee formally convened for a vote on the version of the OpenChain Specification entering the ISO standardization process. It was agreed to…
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PwC Presentation from OpenChain @ OSS EU
During the OpenChain event at Open Source Summit Europe in Lyon we had an exciting presentation from PwC Germany. In a nutshell, this global auditing firm is a recent OpenChain…
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OpenChain Reference Policy Template 2.0 – Final Release Candidate
As we head into the weekend it is the perfect time to take a moment and review one of the most important documents in our reference library. There are two…
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The OpenChain Interview @ FOSSID Blog
OpenChain Project is featured on the FOSSIDB blog today. They kindly made space for an informal, detailed dive into the project, what we are doing today, and why Read the…
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OpenChain @ Asian Legal Network Shanghai – 1st December
The OpenChain Project will be represented by Shane Coughlan, General Manager, during an Asian Legal Network event in Shanghai. The Asian Legal Network, sponsored by Open Invention Network, has helped…
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OpenChain – Der Industriestandard für Open Source Compliance
We are delighted to release an overview slide deck for the OpenChain Project in the German language. It will be updated periodically. Please view, download and share freely. CC-0 as…
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Reminder: OpenChain Specification – ISO Draft Review Process Ends 10th December
This is your chance to help finalize our ISO submission. For those new to the specification - The OpenChain project has developed a specification that defines a core set of…
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Presentation from Community: How to Manage OSS Licenses in CI/CD Development
There is a great deal of information being shared between individuals, companies and continents in the OpenChain Project. Here is a recent example: a presentation from Ueba San of Fujitsu…
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OpenChain – Five Minute Education Case Study – Example from Panasonic
The OpenChain Japan Work Group pioneered a series of super quick case studies to help everyone get to know each other. We believe these can be useful for local Work…
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OpenChain @ CES 2020
The OpenChain Project will be at CES 2020. This initiative is being lead by the OpenChain Japan Work Group. More news to follow soon!
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OpenChain Japan Advent Calendar
For the holiday season the OpenChain Japan Work Group will be running new posts about the project and open source compliance in general from 1st to 25th of December. Big…
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LG Electronics Announces OpenChain Conformance
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that LG Electronics is the latest company to announce an OpenChain conformant program. LGE is the first major Korean company to take this…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – November 2019
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 11-18-2019. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_11-18-2019.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oT2HjnZvwk&feature=youtu.be All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Announces Meeting #12 Schedule – December 19th in Tokyo
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has announced that the 12th OpenChain Japan Work Group will be held on December 19th at the NEC OSS Promotion Center in Tokyo. This event…
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OpenChain Featured on OpenUK.uk
The OpenChain Project was featured on the OpenUK website. Shane Coughlan wrote about the OpenChain Project and Practical Compliance. Read the article here: https://openuk.uk/openchain-compliance-project-by-shane-coughlan/
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OpenChain Automotive Work Group Meeting #2 – Outcomes
The OpenChain Automotive Work Group held its second meeting adjacent to Open Source Summit Europe in Lyon during October. We had a full house (people had to sit in the…
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The OpenChain Interview Series Continues with Nicole in Germany
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – October 2019
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Announces Fourth Meeting
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OpenChain Tooling Group Meeting – October 10th – 9am CEST – at ESOC – European Space Operations Centre – Enrol now!
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – September 2019
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David Marr presents OpenChain @ Flight Boston 2019
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OpenChain Tooling Work Group Meeting #2 – Outcomes, September 4th 2019
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Free Online OpenChain Self-Certification in Korean
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OpenChain Self-Certification now available in Korean
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that OpenChain Self-Certification is now available in Korean. This translation, joining our English and Japanese self-certification, marks another milestone in ensuring that companies…
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Independent Compliance Assessment – Call for Review
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OpenChain Policy Template for OpenChain Spec 2.0 – Release Candidate Available
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OpenChain Tooling Work Group Meeting – September 18th – 6pm CEST
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Video Minutes of the OpenChain Work Teams Call – 09-09-2019
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OpenChain @ 6th Bitkom Forum Open Source Software – Erfurt, Germany – 17th September
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – September 2019
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OpenChain India Work Group Meeting # 1: Outcomes
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 in Korean
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OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting #3
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OpenChain Specification – ISO Draft Review Process
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OpenChain Case Study: Third Party Certification
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OpenChain Tooling Work Group Meeting #1 – Outcomes, August 13th 2019
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – August 2019
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OpenChain India Work Group – First Meeting Sept 7th @ Begaluru
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OpenChain China Work Group – First Meeting Confirmed for 25th of September @ Huawei in Shenzhen
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OpenChain Workshop @ Open Source Summit North America – 20th August
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OpenChain Talk Announced for Open Source Summit Europe – 29th October
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OpenChain @ TechExeter Conference on 11th Sept 2019
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OpenChain Talk @ Open Source Summit Japan on 18th July
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OpenChain Talk @ Open Source Summit Japan – 18th July
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OpenChain Panel @ Open Source Summit Japan on 17th July
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – July 2019
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OpenChain Activities of Japanese Companies: A Panel @ OSS Japan, July 17, 13:30
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OpenChain + Program Offices @ Bird+Bird, Germany – 25th of June
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OpenChain Sup Work-Group Meeting at Hitachi office on 9th July
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HELLA Aglaia is the Latest OpenChain 2.0 Conformant Company
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting #10 – July 16th in Tokyo
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Official OpenChain Specification 1.2 Available in Russian
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – July 2019
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 07-01-2019. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_07-01-2019.pdf Read the written minutes https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_work_team_call_07-01-2019_minutes.pdf All OpenChain call outcomes are archived on…
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OpenChain Expands Partner Program to Korea, Welcomes BKL Law Firm
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OpenChain @ Korean Copyright Conference
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OpenChain Japan Overview Slides
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The OpenChain Project maintains a set of slides with speaker notes to help contextualize the project for readers and audiences globally. The latest version of this slide deck includes information…
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Infosys is the latest OpenChain Conformant Company
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Infosys is the latest company to adopt our industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain. Infosys is a global…
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OpenChain + Toyota Case Study: Kaizen and Open Source spur Innovation across the Global Supply Chain
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announced the immediate availability of a case study with Toyota explaining how Kaizen and Open Source spur innovation across the global supply chain. This case…
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OpenChain to feature at the Software Compliance Academy Seminar in Munich on 28th of June
The OpenChain Project and our standard for open source compliance in the supply chain will be featured at the next Software Compliance Academy (SCA) event in Munich, Germany. SCA is…
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OpenChain @ OSAKA NDS Embedded Linux Cross Forum #9 on July 5th
The OpenChain Project will have a significant presence at the NDS Embedded Linux Cross Forum on July 5th in Japan. Shane Coughlan and the Japan Work Group will be delivering…
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Wind River is the first OpenChain 2.0 Conformant Organization
We are delighted to announce that Wind River, the first company to become OpenChain Conformant, is now OpenChain 2.0 Conformant. This expansion of Wind River's OpenChain Conformance illustrates a strong…
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Minutes from the Second OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting
Thank you to everyone who participated in the OpenChain Korea Work Group 2nd meeting on the 12th of June. Special thanks to Samsung Electronics for providing the venue and informative…
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OpenChain Japan License Information Sub-Group – Meeting on the 25th June
The License Information Sub-Group of the OpenChain Japan Work Group will host a meeting on the 25th of June. Our coordinator is Ito San from Renasas and the event will…
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OpenChain Japan Tooling Sub-Group – Third Meeting on the 20th June
The Tooling Sub-Group of the OpenChain Japan Work Group will host its third meeting on the 20th of June. Our coordinator will be Yoshi from Toshiba and the event will…
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Minutes OpenChain Work Team Call – Third Monday – June 2019
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 06-17-2019. Get the agenda slides https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_agenda_06-17-2019.pdf Watch the video minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXls_Q6UWhs Read the written minutes https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchain_work_team_call_06-17-2019_minutes.pdf All OpenChain…
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OpenChain featured in CIOReview’s Special Open Source Issue
Mark Gisi of Wind River Mark Gisi, Chair of the OpenChain Specification Work Team, is interviewed by CIOReview in their latest special edition, this time with a focus on open…
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10th OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting Announced for July 16th
第10回 OpenChain JapanWG会合（蒲田）を以下のとおり開催します。 今回は、特別拡大WGとして2部構成での開催を検討しております。第2部では、各サブWGのセッションやオープンディスカッションが可能な セッションなどを計画中です。 Location 日時：7/16(火) 13:30-17:30 (13:00開場予定)場所：富士通株式会社(蒲田ソリューションスクエア)https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/corporate/facilities/solutionsquare/ Draft Agenda 第1部：全体セッション ・OpenChainについて(Shane-san)：10分 ・富士通のOSSの取り組みについて 富士通：15分 ・Japan WG紹介(今田さん、各サブWGリーダー)：10分 ・台湾よりGuest Speaker：25分第2部：サブWG・平行セッション FAQ（公開QAと活動紹介）leaflet（サプライチェーン上流への説明資料ディスカッション）license-info-sg（ライセンス情報授受の必須項目ディスカッション）promotion（今後のプロモーション戦略検討）tooling(SPDXなどツールデモ、ディスカッション） オープンディスカッションa) newbie（初めて参加する人へのレクチャ―含む）b) OSS利活用での困りごと共有c) その他（希望テーマ 募集） 懇親会 Learn More Contact Aoki San from…
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OpenChain @ Open Source Summit Europe
The OpenChain Project will be hosting a Governing Board meeting, a Steering Committee meeting, and an open discussion adjacent to the main conference. The Governing Board meeting will run from…
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OpenChain @ Open Source Summit North America
The OpenChain Project will be hosting a Governing Board meeting, a Steering Committee meeting, and an open discussion adjacent to the main conference. The Governing Board meeting will run from…
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OpenChain @ Open Source Summit Japan
The OpenChain Project will be hosting a Governing Board meeting, a Steering Committee meeting, and an open discussion adjacent to the main conference. The Governing Board meeting will run from…
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Meanwhile in the OpenChain Eco-System: Other Events – ITAM
The OpenChain Project has a terrific amount of activity around the core project, the work groups and a growing network of conformant organizations and partners. We will be highlighting some…
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Array is the Latest OpenChain Partner in Italy
Carlo Piana "OpenChain is an important tile in the licensing compliance process", says Carlo Piana, Founder and Partner at Array, "and we have seen the potential for such a tool…
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JBB Rechtsanwälte is the Latest OpenChain Partner in Germany
Dr. Till Jaeger "We are pleased to be a partner in this important project and to contribute our 20 years of experience," says Dr. Till Jaeger, Partner at JBB Rechtsanwälte.…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Ad Hoc Meeting on 19th June
DeNA will host an ad hoc OpenChain Japan Work Group meeting between 13:00-15:00 on June 19th at the DeNA Shibuya Hikarie offices. During this meeting Ueda San from Sony will…
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OpenChain Japan License Sub-Group Meeting on 11th June
Toyota will host an OpenChain Japan License Sub-Group meeting on the 11th of June. This meeting will cover topics like SPDX-Lite and international collaboration. As with all OpenChain Japan Work…
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OpenChain Supplier Education Leaflet Now Available
The OpenChain Project today announces the release of the Open Source Software License Compliance General Public Guide. This document is an outcome of the OpenChain Japan Work Group, one of…
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CMS is the latest OpenChain Partner Organization
Today the OpenChain Project welcomes CMS to our growing partner program. The addition of this top 10 international law firm marks another significant expansion of service providers supporting the OpenChain…
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Cognizant is the latest OpenChain Conformant Organization
We are delighted to welcome Cognizant as the latest OpenChain Conformant Organization. This development confirms another Fortune 500 company as OpenChain Specification Conformant and represents a substantial increase in our…
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Second Korean Work Group Meeting Announced
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the second OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting will be held at the Samsung R&D campus on the 12th of June. Great thanks are…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 is now in Simplified Chinese
The OpenChain Specification 2.0 is now in Simplified Chinese thanks to the hard work of our volunteer community. Special thanks are due to Jerry Tan, Zhang Weilin, Po-Chun Wang, Lucien…
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Welcoming Maggie Wang as our latest Partner
The OpenChain Project today welcomes Maggie Wang as the latest participant of our Partner Program. "Maggie has a long history of supporting Chinese companies from all market sectors engage with…
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OpenChain Japan – Promotion Sub-Group meeting next week
Pre-Event Planning with Key Participants The OpenChain Japan Work Group operates seven sub-groups covering topics as diverse as tooling and license information exchange. Next Tuesday, the 11th of June, the…
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Welcoming FOSSID AB as our latest Partner
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome FOSSID as our latest participant in the partner program. We are developing a compelling commercial partner program to support of our core mission…
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Outcomes: OpenChain Work Team Call – First Monday – June 2019
This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 06-03-2019. This call saw a deep-dive from Siemens into the collaborative open source tooling for open source compliance…
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Outcomes: Review of the Self-Certification Questionnaire and Web App Processes
Miriam Ballhausen, Gary O'Neall and Shane Coughlan hosted a call on June 3rd 2019 to discuss the lessons learned from the preparation of the OpenChain Self-Certification Questionnaire and Web App…
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OpenChain Welcomes {metæffekt} as our Latest Partner
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome {metæffekt} as the latest OpenChain Partner. Our partner program helps any organization, anywhere adopt OpenChain easily. It operates adjacent to our free online self-certification…
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OpenChain joins Toyota, OIN and Unified Patents on an American Intellectual Property Law Association Webinar
The OpenChain Project is recording an American Intellectual Property Law Association webinar alongside Toyota, OIN and Unified Patents this evening in Tokyo. The core focus of the event will be…
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OpenChain at the Asian Legal Network, Shanghai
The OpenChain Project took center stage at the Asian Legal Network study dinner in Shanghai on the 17th of May. This event was focused on the Chinese financial sector with…
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OpenChain Continues to Grow in Germany
A DLA Piper breakfast meeting on Monday the 29th of April in Germany included an overview of the OpenChain Project and our newly released OpenChain Specification 2.0. Big thanks to…
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Reminder: Companies Can Upgrade OpenChain Conformance to 2.0
Companies currently OpenChain 1.1 or 1.2 Conformant can easily check and upgrade their conformance status to 2.0 using our free online questionnaire. Upgrading is purely optional for existing conformant organizations.…
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Reminder: OpenChain Conformance Badges are just a few questions away
One of the most common questions asked around the OpenChain Project is "how do I get an OpenChain badge for my conformance program and the products that go through it?"…
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OpenChain Featured at CC Global Summit 2019
The OpenChain Project was featured by Haggen So at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2019. He used the project as an example of "Made with Creative Commons" to show how…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 in German
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the latest version of our specification for quality open source compliance programs is available in German. This document can be used by…
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OpenChain Welcomes Hella Aglaia to the Community of Conformance
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome Hella Aglaia to our community of conformance. "OpenChain is becoming increasingly popular in the automotive industry," says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. "We…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 Out Now
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that version 2.0 of our specification for open source compliance in the supply chain is now available. This is the culmination of many…
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OpenChain Overview Slides Updated
The OpenChain Overview Slides have been updated with the latest information about the project. These slides are designed to help individuals or companies understand and explain the OpenChain Project, our…
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OpenChain Supplier Education – Massive Step Forward in Japanese and soon in English
OpenChain has a very active Work Group in Japan. One of the sub-groups, focused on creating a supplier education leaflet, has released the finished document in Japanese. You can get…
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OpenChain @ Japan Work Group #9
Our DensoTen host runs a Q&A session where a wide range of Japanese companies offer thought, comments and suggestions for improving collaboration. The OpenChain Japan Work Group held its ninth…
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OpenChain @ Japan OSS Promotion Forum 2019
Masahiro Date from Linux Foundation delivered a speech at the Japan OSS Promotion Forum 2019 on the 17th of April that covered OpenChain's place in enterprise open source usage. This…
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Request for Comments: OpenChain Specification 2.0 in Japanese
Shoken Kim from OptiNet has begun translation work for the OpenChain Specification 2.0 in Japanese. This translation is nearly complete and simply requires review to ensure accuracy. If you can…
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OpenChain Announces Partner in India
Mishi Choudhary The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our first law firm partner in India. From today you will be able to obtain legal advice about OpenChain Conformance and…
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OpenChain Announces Partner in Italy
Marco Ciurcina The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our first law firm partner in Italy. From today you will be able to obtain legal advice about OpenChain Conformance and…
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OpenChain @ Grey Matter ISV Partner Day 2019
Martin Callinan from Source Code Control represented the OpenChain Project at the recent Grey Matter ISV Partner Day 2019 in the UK. He was joined on stage by Ed Thompson…
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OpenChain @ Legal Network LLW during April 2019
There is a yearly event in Barcelona, Spain for legal experts to get together and discuss open source. This year the OpenChain Project was represented by multiple parties, with one…
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OpenChain @ IP Conference in Russia – 11-12 April 2019
Denis Dorotenko from Yandex Denis Dorotenko at Yandex will be delivering a speech at the 3rd International Conference «PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS» in St Petersburg. This speech will be…
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OpenChain + TODO @ Legal Workshop in Barcelona
‘OpenChain + TODO @ Legal Workshop in Barcelona’ is an OpenChain Project workshop hosted by Shane Coughlan at the FSFE Legal and Licensing Workshop in Barcelona on the morning of…
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OpenChain and Automotive @ Legal Workshop in Barcelona
'Automotive Processes and Open Source' is an OpenChain Project workshop hosted by Endo San of Toyota at the FSFE Legal and Licensing Workshop in Barcelona on the 10th of April…
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OpenChain @ Scania
Shane Coughlan represented the OpenChain Project in a meeting held at Scania in Sweden on the 9th of April. This meeting included various parties engaging with open source throughout the…
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OpenChain Overview Slides Updated
'Great Open Source Compliance for Everyone' provides an overview of the OpenChain Project and our standard for open source compliance in the supply chain. Version 7 has updated visuals around…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 – Final Call for Comments
The OpenChain Specification version 2.0 is nearly ready as we enter the last 5 days of the 14 day freeze period. This period provides everyone the chance to review the…
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Request for Comment: OpenChain One Slide Overview
The OpenChain Project is continually updating material to introduce individuals and companies to our industry standard, our reference material, and our various free support services such as online self-certification. Our…
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Announcing OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Simplified Chinese
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Simplified Chinese. This translation is the work of dedicated volunteers, on this occasion lead…
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Sony, Program Offices and OpenChain – from Asian Legal Network Shenzhen
'The Tools of Governance - Program Offices and Collaboration between Companies' is a talk delivered by Fukuchi San and Kobota San from Sony at the March 22nd Asian Legal Network…
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Reference Open Source Policy Template in Japanese
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our reference open source policy template is now available in Japanese. This document helps the open source program office or legal team…
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Open Source is Eating the Startup Ecosystem: A Guide for Assessing the Value Creation of Startups
In the last few years we have witnessed the unprecedented growth of open source in all industries—from the increased adoption of open source software in products and services, to the…
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Updated Intro Slides – OpenChain – Great Open Source Compliance For Everyone
The latest version of the OpenChain Project introduction slides are available. These slides can help bring anyone interested in our standard and supporting material up-to-speed. Full speaker notes included on…
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OpenChain Project Adds Fujitsu as Platinum Member
Leading Japanese information and communication technology company to support industry’s only open source compliance standard for collaboration across supply chains SAN FRANCISCO & HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - OPEN SOURCE…
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Collaboration is Key for Open Source Compliance at NHS
One of the powerful things about open source is the way it allows various organizations and stakeholders come together to achieve common objectives. Open source projects play a critical role…
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OpenChain Japan Planning Subgroup報告 (2018年12月～2019年2月活動分)
'OpenChain Japan Planning Subgroup報告 (2018年12月～2019年2月活動分)' is a presentation outlining the activities of the OpenChain Japan Work Group with respect to dedicated sub-groups. This is a record showing how a purely…
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OpenChain Project Announces Bosch as Platinum Member
Bosch to leverage industry’s only open source compliance standard to provide common approaches and understanding for collaboration across automotive & IoT supply chains SAN FRANCISCO - February 28, 2019 —…
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OpenChain Specification 2.0 – Comment Now
It is official – we are now seeking broader public comments for version 2.0 of the Specification. This is one of the last major steps in the spec development cycle…
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Updated Intro Slides – OpenChain – Great Open Source Compliance For Everyone
The latest version of the OpenChain Project introduction slides are available. These slides can help bring anyone interested in our standard and supporting material up-to-speed. Full speaker notes included on the downloadable…
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Comment on the next generation of the OpenChain Specification
Comment Time! The latest draft of the next version of OpenChain Project Specification can be found here: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchainspec-2.0.draft.pdf A marked up version can be found here: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/OpenChainSpec-2.0.draft.MarkUp.pdf Recent updates can…
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Microsoft partners with OpenChain Project, simplifying compliance in software supply chain
A global open source license compliance project, designed to simplify and make open source license compliance more consistent for participants of the software supply chain, has been backed by Microsoft.…
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Microsoft joins the OpenChain Project to help define standards for open source software compliance
This Wednesday, OpenChain announced that Microsoft has joined them as a platinum member and a board member to help drive open source compliance. Microsoft is a new addition to the…
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Building trust in open source: a look inside the OpenChain Project
Open source software provides businesses with a number of benefits including cost, flexibility and freedom. This freely distributed software can also be easily altered by any business that is familiar with…
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Supply Chain Security: OpenChain Project Adds Microsoft as Platinum Member
The OpenChain Project, which is designed to build trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent, has announced that Microsoft has joined as a platinum…
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Born-again open-source enthusiast Microsoft rucks up at OpenChain
Microsoft has continued to buff its open-source halo by signing up to the OpenChain Project, which is aimed at simplifying the plethora of licences floating around the open-source community. OpenChain (not…
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Microsoft joins the OpenChain community to help drive open source compliance
A lot goes into making open source great – from licenses to code to community. A key part of doing open source right is being able to trust that the…
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OpenChain Project Adds Microsoft as Platinum Member
OpenChain Project Adds Microsoft as Platinum Member Global technology leader supports standardization in open source compliance to improve predictability and efficiency across supply chains SAN FRANCISCO - February 6, 2019…
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Microsoft Joins OpenChain Project to Help Standardize Open Source Licensing
Microsoft has announced it is joining the OpenChain Project in another move that furthers the company’s embracing of the open source community. In a post this week, Microsoft says it…
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Microsoft joins OpenChain platform
As part of its continued efforts to support open source software, Microsoft has announced that it has joined the OpenChain Project as its latest platinum member. The company joins the…
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Microsoft joins OpenChain open-source compliance group
OpenChain is the most important open-source project you've never heard of before. This Linux Foundation consortium provides an industry standard for open-source supply chain license compliance. And now, Microsoft has joined the the…
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Microsoft joins open-source foundation that is trying to simplify the software supply chain
The OpenChain Project, which is attempting to bring a little more clarity to the turbulent world of modern open-source licensing, is the latest beneficiary of Microsoft’s open-source redemption tour. Read more…
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Microsoft joins OpenChain project to support standardization in open source compliance
Microsoft has joined the OpenChain Project as a platinum member to support standardization in open source compliance. OpenChain project makes open source license compliance simpler and more consistent for organizations.…
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Microsoft joins the OpenChain Project to push open-source software licensing standards
Microsoft Corp. wants to support more standardization of open-source software licensing, so today it’s putting its weight behind the OpenChain Project as its latest platinum member. Microsoft joins other platinum…
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OpenChain M&A White Paper – Request for Comments
The recently released OpenChain M&A Checklist has inspired discussion and further contribution to the project. Ibrahim Haddad has just announced a new draft M&A White Paper discussing open source processes…
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Raw Case Studies: Open Source Compliance Training Program
One of the most common questions asked by participants in the OpenChain Project community is "what type of open source compliance training program does your company have?" Contributors in our Japan…
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OpenChain Training Slides for Specification 1.2 in Korean
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our reference open source compliance training slides in the Korean language have been updated. They now reflect the latest text to support…
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OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Korean
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that the latest version of the OpenChain Specification is available in Korean. The OpenChain Specification 1.2 is the simplest, quickest way for any…
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OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Italian
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the latest version of the OpenChain Specification is available in Italian. The OpenChain Specification 1.2 is the simplest, quickest way for any…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group: Sub-Group in FOSSology and SPDX Meeting
The OpenChain Project Japan Work Group has launched five sub-groups to explicitly build reference materials around topic areas like business workflows, bills of material and tooling. Hitachi hosted the first…
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OpenChain @ OSS Seminar in Osaka, 1st March
The OpenChain Project will be represented by Kato San, one of our community volunteers from Panasonic, at the OSS Seminar in Osaka hosted by Grape Systems. He will be running…
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OpenChain @ NDS Embedded Linux Cross Forum, 5th February 2019
Fukuchi San from Sony will deliver a keynote on the OpenChain Project at the 8th OSAKA NDS Embedded Linux Cross Forum on the 5th of February. His talk will be followed…
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OpenChain @ OSC Osaka – 26th January 2019
The OpenChain Project was represented at OSC Osaka by our community volunteer Dote San on the 26th of January. Dote San kindly staffed a table discussing the OpenChain Project and…
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OpenChain Workshop in Korea – January 23rd 2019
The OpenChain Project held its first workshop in Korea on the 23rd of January. This meeting was kindly hosted by LG Electronics and featured attendees from Samsung, Hyundai, SK Telecom…
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OpenChain Quick Overview Slide Decks Now Available
The OpenChain Project has been reaching out to a lot companies in Asia. We want to share some of the quick overview slides being used in the hope they might…
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OpenChain Open Source Policy Template Now Available
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of an Open Source Policy Template for organizations seeking to conform to the OpenChain Specification. This template has been contributed from…
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OpenChain M&A Checklist – Out Now
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the OpenChain Project Merger and Acquisition Checklist is now available in PDF, DOCX and ODT formats. It is intended to help companies…
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Knowledge Sharing: Reference guideline for exchanging license information in the supply chain
The OpenChain Project Japan Work Group is creating a reference guideline for exchanging license information in the supply chain. The basic concept is that all the entities, suppliers, integrators and…
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Knowledge Sharing: How to use SPDX and FOSSology from the OpenChain Japan Work Group
One of the great things about the OpenChain Project is the endless collaboration between people addressing all aspects of open source license compliance. Here is a great example text about…
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Request for Comments: OpenChain FAQ 2.0
The OpenChain Project will shortly refresh our Frequently Asked Questions. This is a major update with consolidation, rewording and restructuring to assist with easier understanding and internationalization. We are soliciting…
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Request for Comments: OpenChain Open Source Policy Template
The OpenChain Project has been working on an open source policy template to help organizations of all sizes meet the requirements of the OpenChain Specification. This template can also help…
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Reminder: ABA Committee on Open Source Software – OpenChain – January 17th 2019
The American Bar Association Committee on Open Source Software will host an OpenChain talk by David Marr, Vice President, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Technologies to open the year. This call will…
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ABA Committee on Open Source Software & OpenChain – January 17th 2019
The American Bar Association Committee on Open Source Software will host an OpenChain talk by David Marr, Vice President, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Technologies to open the year. This call will…
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OpenChain Q4 Survey – The Results
Today the OpenChain Project is releasing the results of our Q4 Survey, a wide-ranging exploration of how the project is being used, how our reference and conformance material is perceived,…
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OpenChain Introduction Slides Updated
The OpenChain Project has a set of introduction slides to help people understand and support our activities. The latest version - with renewed membership overview and easier narrative slow -…
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TÜV SÜD becomes the first certification authority in the OpenChain Partner Program
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that TÜV SÜD has joined the OpenChain Partner Program, and is the first certification authority to do so. TÜV SÜD has been in communication with…
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Hitachi has joined the OpenChain Community of Conformance
Today Hitachi announced that they are OpenChain Specification 1.2 Conformant and had their conformance certified by a third-party, TÜV SÜD. Hitachi is the first company in Japan to become OpenChain…
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OpenChain @ EOLE 2018 – 5th December
Malcolm Bain presented OpenChain at the 'European Open Source and free software Law Event' (EOLE) on 5th December in Paris. EOLE is an annual open source law event for general…
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RFC: Reference Business Workflows for Open Source Compliance.
OpenChain Project Japan Work Group has begun an exciting project to create 'Reference Business Workflows for open source compliance.' Your comments are welcome as we prepare a formal 2019 release.…
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OpenChain welcomes Interneuron to our Community of Conformance
The OpenChain Project proudly announces that Interneuron has an OpenChain Conformant compliance program. Interneuron is a British Community Interest Company (CIC) that exists primarily for the benefit of those in…
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OpenChain welcomes Scania to our Community of Conformance
The OpenChain Project proudly announces that Scania has an OpenChain Conformant compliance program.Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions, including trucks and buses for heavy transport applications combined with…
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OpenChain welcomes Google to our Community of Conformance
The OpenChain Project proudly announces that Google has an OpenChain Conformant compliance program. Google's mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Learn More Google Open Source
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Uber Joins the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project as a Platinum Member
Uber is dedicated to fostering greater collaboration and community across our open source ecosystem. In this spirit, Uber today announced that we are joining the OpenChain Project as a Platinum member. This…
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Google joins the OpenChain Project for license compliance
Google is thrilled to announce that we are joining the OpenChain Project as Platinum Members. OpenChain is an effort to make open source license compliance simpler and more consistent. We will also…
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OpenChain Project Gains Facebook, Google and Uber as Platinum Members
OpenChain Project Gains Facebook, Google and Uber as Platinum Members Invest in making open source compliance more predictable, understandable & efficient across supply chains SAN FRANCISCO and YOKOHAMA, JAPAN -…
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OpenChain Website in Japanese
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the project website in Japanese. This localization was completed by a Japanese service provider called Doublet in collaboration with…
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OpenChain Project launches new Certification Logos
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of new logos that may be used by any organizations that undergo OpenChain self-certification or audited (third-party) certification. Please note…
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Request for Comments: The Unified OpenChain FAQ
Today we officially launched the RFC process for the new, unified OpenChain Frequently Asked Questions. This sub-project, spanning both our curriculum and onboarding teams - with input from specification and…
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Save the Date: OpenChain @ greymatter Cloud Enablement – 14th Dec
The OpenChain Project will be featured at the greymatter Cloud Enablement event at the University of Exeter in the UK on the 14th of December. Martin Callinan from Source Code Control…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – 7th Meeting on 5th December
TUV SUD Japan will host the 7th OpenChain Japan Work Group meeting from 13:30 to 16:00 on the 5th of November. As usual we will have a packed agenda with…
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OpenChain @ OSC Osaka 2019
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we will have a volunteer presence at the forthcoming OSC Osaka event in January 2019. Dote San from Micware - one of…
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Experience the OpenChain Reference Training Slides Online
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce a fun and useful new format for the OpenChain Reference Training Slides, a core part of the OpenChain Curriculum material. Masao Taniguchi from…
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OpenChain @ Global Automobile Manufacturers
KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM. This is a bit of a mouthful but bear with us. It stands for: Korean Automobile Manufacturer Association (KAMA) Japanese Automobile Manufacturer Association (JAMA) German Association of the Automotive Industry…
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OpenChain @ greymatter Real World DevOps
The OpenChain Project was discussed at two events hosted by Grey Matter Ltd. in the UK. Martin Callinan from Source Code Control, an OpenChain Partner, presented our project and goals to…
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Updated OpenChain Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce an updated version of the Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean. These cover all the core topics needed to educate personnel involved in…
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OpenChain @ Kansai Open Forum – 10th November
The OpenChain Project was represented at the Kansai Open Forum on the 10th of November by Tomo Dote of Micware. Dote San provided a keynote covering both OpenChain and our sister project…
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OpenChain @ Intellectual Property Owners Association
The OpenChain Project was featured at the monthly meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association open source committee on the 19th of November. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, provided a recap…
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Contribute to OpenChain 2.0 – The New Standard for Compliance
The OpenChain Project is preparing the next generation of our standard. This standard outlines the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. The 2.0 version of OpenChain will…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Ad Hoc Meeting – 20th November
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will have an ad hoc meeting at the Denso Ten Kobe offices on the 20th November. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss practical…
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Draft Proposal: One Open Source Policy Template to Rule Them All
The OpenChain Project gets a lot of requests for open source policy reference examples. Moorcrofts law firm in the UK, one of our partner organizations, has stepped up with a…
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Save the Date: OpenChain + M&A @ KPMG
KPMG will host an event on the 5th of December to explore Technology Mergers & Acquisitions involving open source for buy and sell side entities. This reflects the way that open…
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OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Hindi
The OpenChain Specification version 1.2 has been translated into Hindi. This is an official translation with peer review. It is ready to be used for local conformance activities. The team…
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OpenChain Specification 1.2 in German
The OpenChain Specification version 1.2 has been translated into German. This is an official translation with peer review. It is ready to be used for local conformance activities. The team…
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RFC: OpenChain Curriculum @ Argentina
Gustavo G. Mármol Alioto has shared proposed localization of the OpenChain Curriculum Reference Training Slides for Argentina. This material is intended to help those located in Argentina with an interest in…
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Welcoming The Center for Research and Development Hong Kong (CRD-HK) to the OpenChain Community of Conformance
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome The Center for Research and Development Hong Kong (CRD-HK) to our community of conformance. CRD-HK focuses on the selection of Exceptional Research Projects in collaboration…
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The OpenChain Q4 2018 Survey – Tell Your Friends
This is the big one! We have created an OpenChain usability survey. We are asking for everyone interested in open source compliance to take a moment and let us know…
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OpenChain Overview Slides Updated
The OpenChain Overview Slides have been updated, providing our latest (and best) introduction to the project, to our industry standard and to our educational material. These slides are available in…
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OpenChain @ Software Compliance Academy Seminar – 16th November
Software Compliance Academy, one of OpenChain's pilot program partners, is hosting an open source seminar on the 16th of November in Munich. This event will include information on OpenChain and…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Sixth Meeting – 31st October
The OpenChain Japan Work Group held its sixth meeting on the 31st of December at the Toshiba / Lazona Kawasaki Building. This meeting featured 49 participants from 24 organizations, continuing…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Milestones for the Future
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has been planning a series of milestones for 2018 and 2019 via three new subgroups. These milestones include the creation of extensive guidance material regarding…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group – Meeting # 6
The OpenChain Japan Work Group held its sixth meeting on the 31st of October between 2pm and 4:45pm at Toshiba Smart Community Center in Kanazawa. As with the previous five…
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OpenChain featured @ Software IP – An IAM Event
The OpenChain Project is being featured today at the Software IP event hosted by IAM and located at Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, San Francisco. Our representative is Hung Chang, Senior…
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Automatically Generating an offline OpenChain Conformance Handbook – Beta
The OpenChain Project previously maintained a document for “manual OpenChain Conformance.” The idea was that companies could download, print and/or the document to suit workflows beyond our online conformance web…
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OpenChain ♥ SPDX
There is a lot of cross-pollination between Linux Foundation open source projects. The latest is a contribution from Fukuchi-San, a driving force in the OpenChain Japan WG, to SPDX. Motivated…
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Toshiba Joins the OpenChain Project as a Platinum Member
SAN FRANCISCO and EDINBURGH (OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT EUROPE) – October 23, 2018 –The OpenChain Project, which builds trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more…
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SUSE Joins the OpenChain Community of Conformance
SAN FRANCISCO and EDINBURGH – OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT EUROPE – October 23, 2018 – The OpenChain Project, which builds trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and…
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OpenChain BoF @ Open Source Summit Europe – 22nd October
The OpenChain Project will host a Birds of a Feather (BoF) at 6pm on Monday the 22nd of October at Open Source Summit Europe. This BoF is designed to provide…
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OpenChain @ Bird & Bird Event – 20th November
The OpenChain Project will be featured at a forthcoming Bird & Bird event on the 20th of November in Frankfurt, Germany. Find out more or register for this event by contacting…
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OpenChain Workshop @ Open Source Summit Europe – 23rd October
The OpenChain Project will host a workshop co-located with the Open Source Summit Europe in Edinburgh on the 23rd of October. Details below. All welcome! The OpenChain Workshop – The Supply…
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New in Beta: Web App for Benchmarking OpenChain Conformance
Can the OpenChain Project offer even more news this week? Of course. We are delighted to announce the public Beta of a new Web App for benchmarking OpenChain Conformance. The…
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Announcing Our Anonymous Educational Case Studies
Today the OpenChain Project closes off our ranges of educational case studies with two anonymous contributions via our Japan Work Group. These are available in both English and Japanese. "Building…
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OpenChain Explained on a Forthcoming Flexera Webinar
The OpenChain Project will be featured in a Flexera webinar on the 25th of October at 11am Central Time. This event will serve as a great starting point for any…
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TÜV SÜD Japan Announces OpenChain Certification Program
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our friends at TÜV SÜD Japan have launched an OpenChain Certification Program. This is the first such program and foreshadows a series of announcements…
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Interview: OpenChain Project – Managing Open Source Compliance Across the Software Supply Chain
"One of the key requirements for any quality open source program is to comply with the requirements of open source licences. Companies, especially new entrants to the field, often have…
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Announcing Our Fujitsu Educational Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our fifth and final major company educational case study. This contribution comes from Fujitsu and is available in both English and Japanese. "Five…
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Announcing Our Toyota Educational Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our fourth educational case study. This contribution comes from Toyota and is available in both English and Japanese. "Our goal with these case…
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Announcing Our Sony Educational Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our third educational case study. This contribution comes from Sony and is available in both English and Japanese. "Our Japan Work Group is…
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Announcing Our Toshiba Educational Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our second educational case study. This contribution comes from Toshiba and is available in both English and Japanese. "The OpenChain Japan Work Group…
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Announcing Our Panasonic Educational Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the first in a new series of open source educational case studies. Panasonic takes center stage today with an overview of their activities…
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OpenChain Announces Our First Community Representative on the Steering Committee
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Indira Bhatt will act as the OpenChain Community Representative during our inaugural Steering Committee meeting at 8:30am Pacific on the 13th of September.…
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OpenChain @ FINOS Open Source Strategy Forum in London
Andrew Katz from Moorcrofts LLP - an OpenChain Partner Company - has been confirmed as a speaker at the Open Source Strategy Forum. The Open Source Strategy Forum, presented by FINOS,…
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Mark Gisi from OpenChain @ SPDX General Meeting
Mark Gisi, chair of the OpenChain Project Specification Work Team, will take center stage during the next SPDX General meeting on Thurs, Sept 6, 8am PDT / 10 am CDT /…
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Slidedeck – OpenChain: Great Open Source Compliance For Everyone
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of a new slide deck that includes a reference script in the speaker notes. This slide deck can help anyone…
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OpenChain – A Video Guide to Self-Certification
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of a video presentation explaining the free online process for self-certification to the OpenChain Specification. This presentation is suitable for companies…
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OpenChain – A Video Overview
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of an overview video presentation. This presentation explains the challenges the project solves and how companies of all sizes can frame…
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Help Improve The Draft OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Russian
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we now have a draft of the OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Russian. This document was contributed by Denis Dorotenko at Yandex and…
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Help Improve The Draft OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Hindi
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we now have a draft of the OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Hindi. This document was contributed by Shuvajit Mitra at Infosys and it…
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OpenChain Social Event @ Open Source Summit North America
The OpenChain Project will host a social event adjacent to Open Source Summit North America. It takes place after our official workshop and will be held at the Mosaic Grille in…
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OpenChain Workshop @ Open Source Summit North America
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…
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OpenChain in Taiwan – 3 Days – 3 Workshops – August 9th to 12th
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.…
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OpenChain Keynotes @ FOSS4G-Europe
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…
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OpenChain Announces Legal Track @ COSCUP – 12th August
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…
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OpenChain Announces Four More Japanese Case Studies
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…
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OpenChain Announces Second Set Of Reference Tooling Slides
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…
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OpenChain Announces Three Consumer Devices Case Studies
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…
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OpenChain Announces Second Workshop in Taipei – 9th August
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…
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OpenChain Announces Workshop @ OCF – 10th August
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…
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OpenChain Project @ Open Source Summit Japan – The Slides
The OpenChain Project is delighted to make our slides from Open Source Summit Japan 2018 available to all parties. These slides are licensed under the CC-0 (effectively public domain) license.…
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OpenChain Announces Japanese Website
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our Japanese website will launch in July. This website and accompanying free, online conformance questionnaire, will allow Japanese companies of all sizes…
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OpenChain Project Announces Hitachi Solutions Case Study
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Hitachi. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from…
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OpenChain Project Announces Fujitsu Case Study
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Fujitsu. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from…
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OpenChain Project Announces Toyota Case Study
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Toyota. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from…
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OpenChain Announces Japanese Checklists
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of Japanese checklists to assist with open source compliance and OpenChain conformance. These checklists are part of the project's curriculum…
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OpenChain Project Announces Japanese Onboarding Material
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of onboarding material in Japanese. These documents are intended to help companies quickly understand the purpose and value of OpenChain,…
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OpenChain @ Toyota’s Keynote in Open Source Summit Japan
The OpenChain Project took center stage during Toyota's keynote at Open Source Summit Japan. Masato Endo explained how our community makes open source compliance more accessible, effective and cost efficient. He highlighted…
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OpenChain Announces WeChat Group for China
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the creation of a WeChat group to share news with the Chinese community. Everyone is invited to join and to contribute to our…
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OpenChain @ FOSS Compliance Intensive Seminar Berlin
The OpenChain Project will be featured at a workshop co-organized by our partner Software Compliance Academy and the experienced open source company KDAB in Berlin on the 14th and 15th…
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OpenChain Workshop @ FOSS Backstage
The OpenChain Project ran a well-attended workshop at the FOSS Backstage event in Berlin on the 14th of June. The workshop discussed the OpenChain standard, reference materials, and how projects…
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OpenChain Keynote @ FOSS Backstage
The OpenChain Project was featured during the opening keynote of FOSS Backstage on the 14th of June. The keynote was delivered by Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Project Director, and was focused…
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OpenChain Japan Work Group @ Toyota in Nagoya
The OpenChain Japan Work Group held its fourth formal meeting on the 13th of June at the Toyota Midland Square Facility in Nagoya. The meeting was attended by over 40…
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OpenChain Announces Two New Partners
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that Source Code Control (UK) and EACG (Germany) have joined our pilot partner program. These two organizations have a long history of providing…
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OpenChain Announces Automotive Case Studies
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of three automotive case studies. These case studies are an anonymous output of the recent Legal and Licensing Workshop in…
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OpenChain Announces Redesigned Website
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce a redesigned website that makes it easier than ever to find information about conformance and reference material for companies of all sizes using…
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OpenChain Announces Sony Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of a case study from Sony. This contribution is part of the output of our excellent Japan Work Group and…
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OpenChain Workshop at LinuxCon China – Schedule and Registration Details
The OpenChain Project will host a Compliance Workshop from 8am to 12 noon on the 25th of June at LinuxCon China (Beijing). Everyone is invited to attend free of charge.…
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Reminder: Fourth Meeting of the OpenChain Japan Work Group
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has its fourth meeting at Toyota's Midland Square offices on the 13th of June. Representatives from more than 20 companies are already confirmed to attend.…
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OpenChain Announces Hitachi Case Study
The OpenChain Project today announces the release of the second case study from the Japan Work Group. This case study features Hitachi and is available in English and Japanese. This…
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OpenChain Announces Japanese Case Studies
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our Japan Work Group has produced a series of case-studies in English and Japanese from named and anonymous members of the local…
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OpenChain @ Asian Legal Network Beijing
The next Asian Legal Network event will take place on the 28th May in Beijing. OpenChain Project will be featured in a keynote speech. This will lay the foundation for…
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Announcing the OpenChain Workshop @ LinuxCon China
Announcing the OpenChain Workshop @ LinuxCon China 08:00~12:00 on June 25 2018 in Beijing. Local and International Open Source Compliance. Free for all to attend. OpenChain 项目将于 6 月 25…
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OpenChain Releases Compliance Process Kanban Guides
The OpenChain Project is delighted to release two reference kanban workflows, one contributed from ID Law Partners in Spain and the other contributed from Source Code Control in the UK.…
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OpenChain @ COSCUP Taiwan 2018 – Legal Track, Multiple Speakers
The OpenChain Project will be featured at (and a sponsor of) COSCUP in Taipei on the 11th and 12th of August 2018. Our project leader Shane Coughlan along with Japanese…
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OpenChain Project Announces Tooling Overview Slides
OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we have received tooling overview slides from Software Compliance Academy in Germany. This contribution provides a high level overview and more specific explanations…
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FOSS Compliance Seminar Featuring OpenChain in Berlin
The Software Compliance Academy will host a FOSS Compliance Seminar on June 14th to 15th in Berlin. This seminar will feature the OpenChain Specification and reference material, providing a great…
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OpenChain Onboarding Slides in German
The OpenChain Project has received a contribution of localized onboarding slides from Bird & Bird in Germany. This short deck is designed to help organizations without prior knowledge of OpenChain…
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OpenChain Workshop in Taipei
Today features the second OpenChain Workshop in Taipei. This event builds on a compliance workshop held during April and marks another step towards the Legal Track that OpenChain will help…
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Toyota and Strategic Engagement with Compliance via OpenChain
Toyota has built strong ties into the global open source development community and into areas related to open source patent non-aggression and copyright compliance. During the Legal & Licensing Workshop…
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Meet the OpenChain Conformance and Compliance Checklist
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of a Conformance and Compliance Checklist to assist with quick, easy and effective adoption of key requirements for quality open source…
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OpenChain Specification 1.2 in Japanese
The OpenChain Specification Version 1.2 is now available in Japanese. You can get it here in PDF format. Version 1.2 is the result of the contributions of more than 150…
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Save the Date: Fourth Meeting of the OpenChain Japan Work Group
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will hold its fourth meeting at Toyota's Midland Square offices on the 13th of June. This event builds on the recent meeting held at Panasonic's…
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The Third Meeting of the Japan Work Group
The third meeting of the OpenChain Japan Work Group took place at the Panasonic headquarters in Osaka. This event was attended by around 30 people representing 15 organizations. Topics on…
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Announcing the OpenChain Specification Version 1.2
The OpenChain Project is excited to announce the availability of the OpenChain Specification version 1.2. This document presents a refined, easier to understand and easier to translate format. Our goal…
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NodeWeavers – A New OpenChain Conformant Organization
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome NodeWeaver as our latest organization with an OpenChain conformant program. NodeWeaver is a zero-management hyperconverged infrastructure - that integrates storage, networking and virtualization…
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AB EHR – A New OpenChain Conformant Organization
The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome AB EHR as an organization with an OpenChain Conformant program. Their participation is especially valued as it ties into collaboration with NHS England,…
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The First OpenChain Case Study
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the release of our first case study, a collaboration with NHS England, NHS Digital and AB EHR. This case study offers an insight…
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OpenChain LLW Outcomes: Case Study Template
During the Legal and Licensing Workshop in Barcelona on the 18th of April there was a workshop with a focus on useful templates for open source compliance activities. One of…
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OpenChain featured in the IFOSSLR
OpenChain has been featured in the latest issue of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review. This publication is the first law journal dedicated to open source and…
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OpenChain @ The Legal and Licensing Workshop Barcelona
The OpenChain Project was featured in a workshop and a keynote speech at the recent Legal and Licensing Workshop in Barcelona. This event, hosted by the Legal Network, provides an annual…
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OpenChain @ Asian Legal Network Seoul
The OpenChain Project in collaboration with Open Invention Network hosted a get-together in Korea. This was a small event centered around a meal in the city center. Our goal was…
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Software Compliance Academy highlights OpenChain at Seminar
The Software Compliance Academy (one of the OpenChain Pilot Partner Program participants) ran a workshop in Germany on the 9th of April to discuss compliance. Naturally OpenChain was featured high…
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OpenChain @ Asian Legal Network Tokyo
The OpenChain Project was featured at the first Asian Legal Network meeting of 2018 in Tokyo on the 6th of April. This event provided an opportunity to unpack the latest…
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OpenChain at ZVEI
Software Compliance Academy highlighted the OpenChain Project, curriculum, training and specification at an event hosted on the 22nd March by ZVEI. This event marks the first major workshop featuring OpenChain…
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Latest OpenChain Curriculum Draft in Simplified Chinese
Latest OpenChain Curriculum Draft in Simplified Chinese San Francisco, United States, February 19, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the draft OpenChain Curriculum in Simplified Chinese for Specification…
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Latest OpenChain Curriculum in Traditional Chinese
Latest OpenChain Curriculum in Traditional Chinese San Francisco, United States, February 19, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the OpenChain Curriculum in Traditional Chinese for Specification 1.1. This…
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Save the Date: OpenChain Curriculum Workshop in Taipei
Save the Date: OpenChain Curriculum Workshop in Taipei Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project in partnership with the Open Culture Foundation (Taiwan) will hold a workshop between 13:30…
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Save the Date: OpenChain Japan Work Group Announces Second Meeting Details
Save the Date: OpenChain Japan Work Group Announces Second Meeting Details Yokohama, Japan, February 15, 2017 -- OpenChain Japan Work Group will hold its second meeting on the 22nd of February…
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Save the Date: OpenChain Project at the BCS Compliance Workshop in London
Save the Date: OpenChain Project at the BCS Compliance Workshop in London San Francisco, United States, February 13, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured at an open source compliance…
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Save the Date: OpenChain Project Face-to-Face at the Leadership Summit
Save the Date: OpenChain Project Face-to-Face at the Leadership Summit Yokohama, Japan, February 15, 2017 -- The next OpenChain face-to-face will take place during the Open Source Leadership Summit in California in…
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Make a Note: OpenChain Project in Taiwan and China – Plans for Q1 / Q2
Make a Note: OpenChain Project in Taiwan and China - Plans for Q1 / Q2 Yokohama, Japan, February 10, 2017 -- In collaboration with local partners the OpenChain Project is exploring the…
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OpenChain Project face-to-face at the Open Source Leadership Summit
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OpenChain Project to feature at an event hosted by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
OpenChain Project to feature at an event hosted by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 14, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured at an…
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OpenChain Project announces third Japan Work Group meeting
OpenChain Project announces third Japan Work Group meeting SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 14, 2017 -- The Japan Work Group of the OpenChain Project will hold its second meeting at the…
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OpenChain Project announces second Japan Work Group meeting
OpenChain Project announces second Japan Work Group meeting SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 14, 2017 -- The Japan Work Group of the OpenChain Project will hold its second meeting at the…
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OpenChain featured on the OWASP 24/7 podcast
OpenChain featured on the OWASP 24/7 podcast SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 13, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project has been featured on the latest edition of Mark Miller's OWASP 24/7 Podcast.…
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OpenChain Project to keynote at FOSS Backstage
OpenChain Project to keynote at FOSS Backstage SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 9, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in an opening keynote at FOSS Backstage 2018. FOSS Backstage…
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OpenChain Project to keynote at Linaro Connect
OpenChain Project to keynote at Linaro Connect SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 9, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in an opening keynote at Linaro Connect 2018. Linaro Connect…
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OpenChain Project to be featured at the World Intellectual Property Forum
OpenChain Project to be featured at the World Intellectual Property Forum SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 9, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured at the World Intellectual Property Forum on…
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The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Traditional Chinese
The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Traditional Chinese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 25, 2017 -- Our seasonal gift this year comes from Lucien Lin of the Open Culture Foundation in Taiwan.…
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The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Simplified Chinese
The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Simplified Chinese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 22, 2017 -- OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our reference Curriculum Flowcharts, originally contributed from the book…
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The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Korean
The OpenChain Curriculum Flowcharts in Korean SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 21, 2017 -- OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our reference Curriculum Flowcharts, originally contributed from the book 'Practical…
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The OpenChain Project in Taiwan
The OpenChain Project in Taiwan SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 19, 2017 -- OpenChain Project representatives will meet with members of the Open Culture Foundation (OCF) in Taipei on the 26th of…
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OpenChain Project announces Japanese Study Group
OpenChain Project announces Japanese Study Group SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 15, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that on the 27th of December our first Japanese Study…
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Presentation Slides from EOLE now available
Presentation Slides from EOLE now available SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 10, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in a talk by Malcolm Bain of ID Law Partners at the…
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OpenChain Project featured at Legal Network Roundtable
OpenChain Project featured at Legal Network Roundtable SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 5, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured at the Legal Network Roundtable held at the Amadeus offices…
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OpenChain Project featured at Linux Foundation Legal Summit
OpenChain Project featured at Linux Foundation Legal Summit SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 4, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured at the Linux Foundation Legal Summit on the 5th…
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OpenChain Project featured at EOLE
OpenChain Project featured at EOLE SAN FRANCISCO, United States, December 3, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be highlighted at the forthcoming EOLE event in Paris. Malcolm Bain from ID Law…
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The benefits of the OpenChain Project in one page
The OpenChain Project in one page SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 29, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to share the latest output from our volunteer onboarding work team: a…
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The OpenChain Project announces improved FAQs
The OpenChain Project announces improved FAQs SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 28, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project has three pillars supported by dedicated work teams. The OpenChain Specification defines a core…
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The two most recent OpenChain Project talks are available on SlideShare
The two most recent OpenChain Project talks are available SlideShare SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 24, 2017 -- 'Update on OpenChain: now we really begin' from the SFLC Fall Conference and…
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‘Update on OpenChain’ at the SFLC Fall Conference
'Update on OpenChain' at the SFLC Fall Conference SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 16, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured at the SFLC Fall Conference on the 3rd of November.…
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Japanese Reference Training Slides for OpenChain Specification 1.1
Japanese Reference Training Slides for OpenChain Specification 1.1 SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 15, 2017 --The Japanese translation of OpenChain Curriculum slides has been updated for OpenChain Specification 1.1 by our…
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OpenChain Project @ Open Compliance Summit
OpenChain Project @ Open Compliance Summit SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 8, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will feature in several talks at the Open Compliance Summit in Yokohama, Japan between the…
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The OpenChain Reference Training Slides in Japanese
The OpenChain Reference Training Slides in Japanese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, November 8, 2017 --The Japanese translation of OpenChain Curriculum slides has been updated for OpenChain Specification 1.0 by our volunteer…
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OpenChain Project, SPDX and Hyperledger
OpenChain Project, SPDX and Hyperledger NEW YORK, United States, November 3, 2017 -- In 2016 a sub-project began to explore how the benefits of the Blockchain could be leveraged to assist…
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We’ve Updated the OpenChain Project Website
We've Updated the OpenChain Project Website NEW YORK, United States, November 3, 2017 -- As the OpenChain Project has grown, we've worked to create more resources for our community. To that…
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OpenChain Project to Feature at the SFLC Fall Conference
OpenChain Project to Feature at SFLC Fall Conference NEW YORK, United States, November 3, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in a talk entitled 'Update on OpenChain: Now we really…
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OpenChain Project to Feature at the Open Source Entrepreneur Network Symposium
OpenChain Project to Feature at the Open Source Entrepreneur Network Symposium SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 26, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in a talk entitled 'Managing Internal or External…
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OpenChain Project Welcomes Comcast As A Platinum Member
OpenChain Project Welcomes Comcast As A Platinum Member SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 24, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Comcast has become a Platinum Member and…
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OpenChain Project Welcomes Sony As A Platinum Member
OpenChain Project Welcomes Sony As A Platinum Member SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 23, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that Sony has become a Platinum Member and…
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OpenChain Project to Feature at the Fifth Annual DLA Piper Global Intellectual Property Symposium
OpenChain Project to Feature at the Fifth Annual DLA Piper Global Intellectual Property Symposium SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 16, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in talks by Endo…
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OpenChain Project Releases Quick Start Package
OpenChain Project Releases Quick Start Package SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 12, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an expanded Quick Start package. It consists…
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你好！The OpenChain Specification is in Chinese
你好！The OpenChain Specification is in Chinese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 11, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that official translations of the OpenChain Specification in Simplified and…
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OpenChain Project Announces Open Session at Open Source Summit Europe
OpenChain Project Announces Open Session at Open Source Summit Europe SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 10, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will hold an Open Session at Open Source Summit Europe…
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OpenChain Project Announces Two Talks At Open Source Summit Europe
OpenChain Project Announces Two Talks At Open Source Summit Europe SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 5, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will be featured in two talks at the Open Source…
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Bonjour! The OpenChain Specification Is In French
Bonjour! The OpenChain Specification Is In French SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 4, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the OpenChain Specification version 1.1 now has an…
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OpenChain Project Sponsors Open Compliance Summit in Yokohama
OpenChain Project Sponsors Open Compliance Summit in Yokohama SAN FRANCISCO, United States, October 3, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to sponsor the Open Compliance Summit scheduled for November 16th…
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Commons Conservancy Contributes Material To The OpenChain Project
Commons Conservancy Contributes Material To The OpenChain Project SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 28, 2017 -- The Commons Conservancy has contributed a guide to including license information in software source files…
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OSADL Announces Material Contribution To The OpenChain Project
OSADL Announces Material Contribution To The OpenChain Project SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 26, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announces a commitment from the Open Source Automation Development Lab to…
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OpenChain Releases Unofficial Polish Translation
OpenChain Releases Unofficial Polish Translation SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 22, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announces the release of an unofficial Polish translation of the OpenChain Specification 1.1. "Unofficial…
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OpenChain Announces Project Director
OpenChain Announces Project Director SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 21, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that from today Shane Coughlan will act as Project Director from the…
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OpenChain Receives Additional Contribution From Moorcrofts
OpenChain Receives Additional Contribution From Moorcrofts SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 19, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our Onboarding Work Team has received an additional contribution of material…
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FSFE Contributes REUSE Guide to OpenChain Curriculum
FSFE Contributes REUSE Guide to OpenChain Curriculum SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 13, 2017 --The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) has contributed their…
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OpenChain Project Launches Quick Start Infographic
OpenChain Project Launches Quick Start Infographic SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 13, 2017 --The OpenChain Project has launched a quick start infographic. "The OpenChain Project makes open source compliance in…
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OpenChain to Feature in Two Talks by Marcel Kurzmann
OpenChain to Feature in Two Talks by Marcel Kurzmann SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 11, 2017 --The OpenChain Project will feature in two talks to be delivered by Marcel Kurzmann at…
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OpenChain Featured in OSEN Podcast
OpenChain Featured in OSEN Podcast SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 12, 2017 --The OpenChain Project is featured in the latest podcast from The Open Source Entrepreneur Network. "The OpenChain Project is…
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OpenChain Curriculum Takes Center Stage at OSSummit
OpenChain Curriculum Takes Center Stage at OSSummit SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 11, 2017 --The OpenChain Curriculum will feature in a talk entitled 'Giving Everyone Access To Open Source Best Practices'…
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OpenChain Project Welcomes Hitachi
OpenChain Project Welcomes Hitachi SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 11, 2017 --The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Hitachi as a Platinum Member. Hitachi joins eleven other companies to take a…
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OpenChain Referenced in Academic Article
OpenChain Referenced in Academic Article SAN FRANCISCO, United States, September 7, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project has been referenced in an academic article by Dirk Riehle and Nikolay Harutyunyan entitled 'License…
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OpenChain Project Welcomes Toyota
OpenChain Project Welcomes Toyota SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 31, 2017 --The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Toyota Motor Corporation as a Platinum Member. Toyota is the first Japanese company…
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OpenChain Receives Material Contribution From Moorcrofts
OpenChain Receives Material Contribution From Moorcrofts SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 29, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our new Onboarding Work Team has received its first…
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Hallo! OpenChain is in German
Hallo! OpenChain is in German SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 24, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the release of the official German translation of OpenChain Specification…
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OpenChain Launches Pilot Partner Program
OpenChain Launches Pilot Partner Program SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 15, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announces the launch of a Pilot Partner Program.The OpenChain Project has selected five entities…
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OpenChain Expands Portuguese Translations
OpenChain Expands Portuguese Translations SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 11, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announces the release of onboarding handouts and slides in Portuguese. "Accessibility is a key issue…
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OpenChain Welcomes credativ
OpenChain Welcomes credativ SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 7, 2017 --The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome credativ to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. "The addition of credativ brings another…
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안녕! OpenChain is in Korean
안녕! OpenChain is in Korean SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 7, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the release of the official Korean translation of OpenChain Specification…
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你好! OpenChain is in Simplified Chinese
你好! OpenChain is in Simplified Chinese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 3, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the release of OpenChain onboarding material in Simplified Chinese…
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OpenChain Welcomes GE Digital
OpenChain Welcomes GE Digital SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 28, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome GE Digital to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. “Every new participant…
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OpenChain Welcomes Endocode
OpenChain Welcomes Endocode SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 27, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Endocode to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. “Endocode is an exceptional company,”…
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OpenChain Releases Spanish Translation
OpenChain Releases Spanish Translation SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 21, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that the OpenChain Specification is officially available in Spanish. This translation is…
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OpenChain Welcomes Lyra Infosystems
OpenChain Welcomes Lyra Infosystems SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 20, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Lyra Infosystems to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. Lyra provides a…
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OpenChain Receives Further Contributions of Material
OpenChain Receives Further Contributions of Material SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 21, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announces the contribution and adoption of policy material for inclusion in the OpenChain…
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OpenChain Receives Best Practices Contribution
OpenChain Receives Best Practices Contribution SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 20, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today received a contribution of two best practices documents from Ibrahim Haddad, one of the…
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OpenChain Welcomes Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
OpenChain Welcomes Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 20, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations.…
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OpenChain Welcomes Source Code Control
OpenChain Welcomes Source Code Control SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 14, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today welcomes Source Code Control to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. "Source Code Control…
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OpenChain Welcomes Togán Labs
OpenChain Welcomes Togán Labs SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 13, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Togán Labs Ltd. to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. Céad Mile…
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OpenChain FAQ in Japanese
OpenChain FAQ in Japanese SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 13, 2017 -- Today the OpenChain Project received a significant contribution from our Japanese community members. They have just completed our first…
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OpenChain Welcomes Ura Design
OpenChain Welcomes Ura Design SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 12, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Ura Design to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. "Ura Design is…
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OpenChain Receives Markdown Contribution
OpenChain Receives Markdown Contribution SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 11, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project has received a contribution of the OpenChain Specification in Markdown format from Thomas Steenbergen. This contribution,…
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OpenChain Sees Increased Adoption By Knowledge Providers
OpenChain Sees Increased Adoption By Knowledge Providers SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 11, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was recently informed that our curriculum is being used by Source Code Control…
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OpenChain Adds Social Network Appointments
OpenChain Adds Social Network Appointments SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 10, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today added the ability to book appointments to talk about the project, the specification it…
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Source Auditor is the latest OpenChain Conformant Company
Source Auditor is the latest OpenChain Conformant Company SAN FRANCISCO, United States, June 29, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today welcomes Source Auditor to our list of OpenChain Specification Conformant Companies.…
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OpenChain Announces Japanese Onboarding Material
OpenChain Announces Japanese Onboarding Material TOKYO, Japan, June 29, 2017 -- The Japanese translation team for the OpenChain Project has released translated versions of our Onboarding Handouts and Slides. This material…
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OpenChain Announces New Curriculum Chair
OpenChain Announces New Curriculum Chair Alexios, Curriculum Chair SAN FRANCISCO, United States, June 28, 2017 -- Today the OpenChain Project is delighted to formally welcome Alexios Zavras as the new Curriculum…
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OpenChain Receives Checklist Contribution
OpenChain Receives Checklist Contribution SAN FRANCISCO, United States, June 22, 2017 -- On the 14th of June the OpenChain Project received a contribution of educational flowcharts from Armijn Hemel and Shane…
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OpenChain at LinuxCon China – The Talk and Slides
OpenChain at LinuxCon China - The Talk and Slides BEIJING, China (LinuxCon China) June 22, 2017 -- Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager, introduced the OpenChain Project from a business perspective and…
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OpenChain Launches Conformance Logo
OpenChain Launches Conformance Logo BEIJING, China (LinuxCon China) June 20, 2017 -- Today the OpenChain Project launched the OpenChain Conformance logo. This logo can be used on websites or marketing material by organizations…
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OpenChain at LinuxCon China
OpenChain at LinuxCon China SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2017 -- Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager, will deliver a talk entitled 'Managing the Open Source Supply Chain' at LinuxCon China at…
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OpenChain at the Asian Legal Network
OpenChain at the Asian Legal Network SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project will take center stage today at an event hosted by Open Invention Network and DLA Piper…
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Olá! The OpenChain Specification 1.1 is in Portuguese
Olá! The OpenChain Specification 1.1 is in Portuguese SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announced the release of the OpenChain Specification 1.1 in Portuguese. This was made…
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OpenChain Project Welcomes NextCloud
OpenChain Project Welcomes NextCloud SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announced that Nextcloud GmbH has become the latest OpenChain Conformant organization. The OpenChain Project, hosted by The…
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OpenChain Project Releases Translations and Onboarding Packages
OpenChain Project Releases Translations and Onboarding Packages TOKYO (Open Source Summit Japan), May 31, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project today announced the OpenChain™ Specification is officially available in Japanese and…
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Exploring Topical Issues at Open Source Summit Japan
Exploring Topical Issues at Open Source Summit Japan SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2017 -- Shane Coughlan, the OpenChain Program Manager, today discussed 'The Rise of Copyright Trolls' at the Open Source…
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Special Seminar to Discuss The OpenChain Project in Seoul
Special Seminar to Discuss The OpenChain Project in Seoul SEOUL, May 30, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was discussed today at a special seminar hosted by BKL law office in Seoul,…
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OpenChain on IRC
OpenChain on IRC SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 26, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project now has an informal presence on FreeNode. Please note that this is not a formal method of obtaining…
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OpenChain Launches Onboarding Material Beta
OpenChain Launches Onboarding Material Beta SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 25, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project has launched new onboarding handouts and slides into public beta. This material is designed…
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OpenChain Specification 1.1 Deep Dive in Linux Weekly News
OpenChain Specification 1.1 Deep Dive in Linux Weekly News SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 18, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in an article entitled ‘Inside the OpenChain 1.1…
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OpenChain Featured in Linux Weekly News
OpenChain Featured in Linux Weekly News SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 18, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in an article entitled ‘License compliance in the open-source supply chain’ in Linux…
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OpenChain Launches Monthly Newsletter
OpenChain Launches Monthly Newsletter SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- (May 15th 2017) --The OpenChain Project today announces the launch of a monthly newsletter to make it quicker and easier to stay up-to-date with developments. “OpenChain has…
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OpenChain Featured in Linux Magazine
OpenChain Featured in Linux Magazine SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 1, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in an article entitled 'OpenChain Offers Open Source Specification, Education, and Conformance'…
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OpenChain Featured in Computer Weekly
OpenChain Featured in Computer Weekly SAN FRANCISCO, United States, May 1, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in an article entitled 'Linux foundation specification for open software supply chain…
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OpenChain Featured in Enterprise Systems Journal
OpenChain Featured in Enterprise Systems Journal BARCELONA, Spain (Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop), April 28, 2017 -- The OpenChain Project was featured in an article entitled 'Open Source Supply…
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OpenChain Specification 1.1 Makes Compliance Easier for Everyone in the Open Source Software Supply Chain
BARCELONA, Spain (Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop), April 27, 2017 -- The Linux Foundation® today announced the OpenChainTM Specification 1.1 and an accompanying Online Self-Certification service. These allow organizations…
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OpenChain for Projects
OpenChain for Projects BARCELONA, SPAIN- (Apr 26th 2017) --The OpenChain Project has recently been the subject of an opinion piece by Jonas Oberg, Executive Director of Free Software Foundation Europe and a…
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OpenChain Revamps FAQ
OpenChain Revamps FAQ SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- (Apr 20th 2017) --The OpenChain Project today announces a revamped Frequently Asked Questions page designed to make participation easier for everyone: https://www.openchainproject.org/faq “There are three Work Teams…
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OpenChain is on GitHub
OpenChain is on GitHub SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- (Apr 17th 2017) --The OpenChain Project today announces a formal presence on GitHub at https://github.com/OpenChain-Project “OpenChain comes from and supports the Open Source community,” says Shane…
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OpenChain Announces Strategic Advisors
OpenChain Announces Strategic Advisors SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- (Apr 6th 2017) --The OpenChain Project today welcomes Catharina Maracke and Matija Šuklje as its first two Strategic Advisors. “Catharina and Matija are long-term…
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OpenChain Takes Center Stage at Bar Association CLE
OpenChain Takes Center Stage at Bar Association CLE BOULDER, UNITED STATES- (Mar 30th 2017) --The OpenChain Project will be featured in a talk by Jilayne Lovejoy, Principle Open Source Counsel at ARM and…
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OpenChain Welcomes Shane Coughlan as Program Manager
OpenChain Welcomes Shane Coughlan as Program Manager SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- (Mar 20th 2017) --The Linux Foundation®, the nonprofit advancing professional open source management for mass collaboration, today welcomed Shane Coughlan as the OpenChain…
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The Linux Foundation Drives Standardization of Open Source Software Supply Chain
OpenChain™ Project Releases First Specification to Establish Best Practices for Open Source Software Supply Chain BERLIN, GERMANY- (LinuxCon and ContainerCon Europe) --The Linux Foundation®, the nonprofit advancing professional open source management…
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