Nokia announces conformance with OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 to manage open source license compliance management in its supply chain. Nokia has been using and contributing to open source initiatives for decades as an active member of the open source community. Nokia implemented an open source compliance program as far back as 2004 and has had a multi-disciplined Open Source Program Office (OSPO) since 2014.
Nokia leads the Telco Working Group in the OpenChain community.
“Nokia is excited to publicly announce our conformance with OpenChain”, says Jonne Soininen, Head of Open Source Initiatives. “Nokia’s mature open source processes and tools fit well within the OpenChain requirements. We believe it is important to have industry-wide recognized standards to provide predictability to various parties in the industry and across the supply chain.”
“The adoption of ISO 5230 by Nokia is a significant step forward for the telecommunications supply chain with respect to open source,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Firstly, it shows how one of the most experienced companies in the world in the sphere is taking a leadership position in managing open source risk and efficiency. Secondly, it is a clear signal to the broader supply chain regarding how other companies can optimize their approach as well. We welcome this development and look forward to working closely with the Nokia OSPO in the years ahead.”
About Nokia
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.
As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.
With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.
About the OpenChain Project
The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
