Shane Coughlan

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 months of work by over a hundred contributors. Special thanks are due to Mark Gisi, chair of the Specification Work Team and Gary O’Neall, Lead Developer for the Online Self-Certification Questionnaire. They went above and beyond to provide a document and an online service that incorporate a year of evolution guided by practical real world deployment.

We are especially glad to announce that the English version of the OpenChain Specification is accompanied by the Traditional Chinese translation. This marks the first time we have had a simultaneous release of the Specification in two languages. Thanks are due to S.Z. Lin and Lucien C.H. Lin for this outstanding accomplishment.

We will shortly announce official translations in Simplified Chinese and Japanese. Watch this space!

Self-Certify or do a private “Health Check”

• https://certification.openchainproject.org

Read the Specification in English

• https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/_media/openchain/openchainspec-current.pdf

Read the Specification in Traditional Chinese and get many more guides and documents in the OpenChain Reference Library: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

Get Help

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

Read the FAQ

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

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 standard for open source compliance, and the steps companies can take to conform to the standard.

Get the Slides

• Powerpoint format (with speaker notes)
• PDF format
• ODP format

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 it below.

The English version is coming in May. It will be distributed online and through events like Open Source Summit Japan.

The really exciting thing is the list of companies distributing the physical and digital version of the Japanese leaflet:

• • Sony

• • Panasonic

• • Fujitsu

• • Micware

• • Ricoh

• • Pioneer

• • Toyota

• • Hitachi Solutions

• • Mitsubishi Electric

• • NEC / NEC Sol. I.

• • Hitachi Ltd.

• • Murata Manufacturing

• • DeNA

• • Socionext

• • VeriServe

• • Toshiba

• • Sky

• • Canon

• • Olympus

• • Daikin Industries

• • SOFTIC

• • Daihatsu

• • NTT COMWARE

• • Renesas
  • Fujifilm

For completeness, here is everyone in Japanese:

• • ソニー

• • パナソニック

• • 富士通

• • ミックウエア

• • リコー

• • パイオニア

• • トヨタ

• • 日立ソリューションズ　

• • 三菱電機　　　　

• • NEC/NEC Sol. I.　　

• • 日立製作所　　

• • 村田製作所　

• • DeNA　　　　

• • ソシオネクスト　

• • ベリサーブ　　

• • 東芝　　　　　

• • Sky　　　　　　

• • キヤノン　　　　

• • オリンパス　　

• • ダイキン工業　　

• • ＳＯＦＴＩＣ　　

• • ダイハツ　　　　　

• • ＮＴＴコムウエア　　

• • ルネサス　　
  • 富士フイルム

As always, OpenChain is going deeper and deeper into the supply chain. Great thanks to Ueda San from Sony for leading this initiative.

Resources

• Find guides and documents in the OpenChain Reference Library

The OpenChain Japan Work Group held its ninth “all member” meeting at DensoTen on the 18th of April. The event opened with a short presentation from Shane Coughlan covering some of the largest developments around the OpenChain global community. The slides have been made publicly available.

OpenChain: Japan WG # 9 – Update Time! from Shane Coughlan

This meeting covered a wide range of topics related to open source compliance. One highlight were the reports from the seven sub-groups of the Japanese community, covering a diverse range of topics from education to Bill of Materials to automation. As always, conversation was informal and open, allowing all participants to add their view during and after each presentation, and to network freely during the coffee breaks.

Join the Community

• https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/openchain-japan-wg

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 speech is a great example of OpenChain being shared with an increasingly diverse audience.

A History of Enterprises with OSS from Shane Coughlan

Learn More

• https://ossforum.connpass.com/event/122148/

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 lend a hand that would be great. If we finish before April 28th it can be formally released alongside the English version of OpenChain Specification 2.0.

Resources

• Get this guide and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library

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 other OpenChain matters from Mishi Choudhary & Associates LLP. We look forward to building a long-term relationship with Mishi Choudhary and her team.

Learn More About Mishi Choudhary & Associates LLP

• https://mcalaw.in/

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 other OpenChain matters from Studio Legale. We look forward to building a long-term relationship with Marco Ciurcina and his team.

Learn More About Studio Legale

• http://Studiolegale.it

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 from Microsoft to discuss ‘OpenChain: Why is Microsoft a Platinum Sponsor?’

As always, we appreciate the dedication of our members, our partners and our community in spreading the word about why open source compliance in the supply chain is so important and how OpenChain accomplishes this for companies of all sizes.

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 of the most interesting panels being focused on Open Source, OpenChain and the Automotive Industry. Participants kindly agreed to share their slides. You can see the decks from Toyota, Scania, Bosch and University of Skovde below.