Shane Coughlan is an expert in communication, security and business development. His professional accomplishments include spearheading the licensing team that elevated Open Invention Network into the largest patent non-aggression community in history, establishing the leading professional network of Open Source legal experts and aligning stakeholders to launch both the first law journal and the first law book dedicated to Open Source. Shane has extensive knowledge of Open Source governance, internal process development, supply chain management and community building. His experience includes engagement with the enterprise, embedded, mobile and automotive industries.
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 that these logos contain the OpenChain Trademark and may not be used except as explicitly permitted above.
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 conformance – is designed to make it easier to understand each aspect of our project.
We are actively seeking feedback around the clarity of intent, the language used and possible omissions. Our goal is to ensure that visitors to the OpenChain Project can ground themselves in any section of the project as quickly as possible.
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 will introduce our project and explain how it fits into effective governance approaches.
The Deck, Innovation Centre @ University of Exeter, EX4 4RN
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 our contributors from West Japan – will be leading outreach. The event and our outreach will be held in the Japanese language.
Fri. 25th Jan 2019 13:00-18:05 (Speech only)
Sat. 26th Jan 2019 10:00-18:00 (Speech and Exhibition)
2019年1月25日(金) 13:00～18:05（展示は2日目のみ）
1月26日(土) 10:00～18:00（展示：10:30～16:00）
Osaka Sangyou Souzoukan , 1-4-5 Honmachi chuouku, Osaka city
大阪産業創造館（地下鉄 堺筋本町駅 徒歩5分）→[アクセスマップ] [OpenStreetMap] （OSC受付：1/25(金)ー5F、1/26(土)ー3F）
Free
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 NEC has created a HackMD version of the Reference Slides and it can be accessed, used and shared by anyone from this link:
Another example of our community at work!
Do you want to contribute something to the OpenChain Project? From refining material to translating material to creating entirely new stuff, your starting point is always our mailing list:
KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM. This is a bit of a mouthful but bear with us. It stands for:
Yesterday Masato Endo from Toyota delivered a presentation to introduce the OpenChain Project to KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM members. This marks the beginning of a dialogue about how OpenChain can support the global automotive industry with managing open source compliance in the supply chain.
Watch this space.
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 diverse audiences.
The first event took place in The Studio Manchester on Tuesday 27th November. Attendees were treated to a packed workshop:
The second event took place in the Mercure London Hyde Park on Thursday 29th November. It was another busy event:
As with all OpenChain-related events, the goal was to share knowledge and to build connections in support of our long-term goal of building great open source compliance across the supply chain.
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 quality open source compliance programs. These slides formally support the OpenChain Specification 1.1 but can be used for any version of the OpenChain Specification and any open source training program. The slides are available under CC-0 licensing (effectively public domain) and can be used for any purpose without restriction.
Our sincere thanks are due to Haksung Jang (LG Electronics) and Jongbaek Park (BKL Law Firm) for their translation work.
The OpenChain Project has active bi-weekly calls and a central mailing list that provide the “nuts and bolts” of our community activity. These are joined by various releases of documents and announcements of OpenChain-related events throughout each month. We collect key developments in this newsletter once a month.
November has continued an extremely high amount of activity around the OpenChain Project with respect to releases, events and localization. The most important development is that our review process for the OpenChain Specification 2.0 is fully active. This is an opportunity for all interested stakeholders to help shape the next generation of our standard.
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 build our the language of our currently deployed version – 1.2 – to improve ease of adoption. None of the requirements will change and all entities conformant to 1.2 will be conformant to 2.0:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/19/contribute-to-openchain-2-0-the-new-standard-for-compliance
The OpenChain Project was 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 with Fellow Scholars, Principal Investigators and Universities with a goal of making outcomes accessible to a wide audience under the principles of Open Data:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/06/welcoming-the-center-for-research-and-development-hong-kong-crd-hk
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 behind this translation includes Miriam Ballhausen, Stefan Thanheiser, Jan Thielscher and Daniel Wulle. The reviewer of the translation was Stefanie Pors. The maintainer of this translation is Catharina Maracke:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/07/openchain-specification-in-german
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 behind this translation includes Shuvajit Mitra at Infosys with review from Chandana Rao at Cognizant and Renjish Kumar at Wipro:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/08/openchain-specification-in-hindi
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 OpenChain adoption, inter-company communication, and open source policies. As with all OpenChain Curriculum material these documents are made available under CC-0 licensing for use, remixing and sharing for any purpose:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/04/openchain-japan-work-group-milestones-for-the-future
Moorcrofts law firm in the UK, one of our partner organizations, has stepped up with a potential “universal policy template.” We are seeking comments and feedback:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/14/draft-proposal-one-open-source-policy-template-to-rule-them-all
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 OpenChain adoption. The proposal is to add an “interchangeable or removable slide” to the OpenChain Curriculum Reference Training Slides for the OpenChain Specification 1.2. It would be added adjacent to Slide 8 in “Chapter 1: What is Intellectual Property?”. This new slide would be accompanied by an additional chart that compares aspects of US and Argentina Copyright Law to facilitate understanding:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/07/rfc-openchain-curriculum-argentina
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 PDF, PPTX and ODP formats under the CC Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (you can share these slides freely). The PPTX and ODP versions contains extensive speaker notes:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/04/openchain-overview-slides-updated
The OpenChain Project announced an updated version of the Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean. These cover all the core topics needed to educate personnel involved in quality open source compliance programs. These slides formally support the OpenChain Specification 1.1 but can be used for any version of the OpenChain Specification and any open source training program:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/28/updated-openchain-open-source-compliance-training-slides-in-korean
The OpenChain Project has received a contribution of our reference training slides in MarkDown format from Taniguichi San of NEC. This experimental format works in Chrome browsers and is an example of OpenChain material being freely remixed:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/30/experience-the-openchain-reference-training-slides-online
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 our tradition of building out a broad and active local community. It was also the first meeting dedicated to the new subgroups and milestones for 2019:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/04/openchain-japan-work-group-sixth-meeting-31st-october
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 SPDX, and he held a booth exhibit to showcase the practical adoption of both projects throughout the event:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/20/openchain-kansai-open-forum-10th-november
Software Compliance Academy, one of OpenChain’s pilot program partners, hosted an open source seminar on the 16th of November in Munich. This event included information on OpenChain and provided a suitable onboarding point for organizations interested in participation:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/04/openchain-software-compliance-academy-seminar-16th-november
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 of the OpenChain Project goals and proceeded to outline recent and projected future developments:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/19/openchain-intellectual-property-owners-association
The OpenChain Japan Work Group held an ad hoc meeting at the Denso Ten Kobe offices on the 20th November. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss practical OpenChain adoption for suppliers:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/15/openchain-japan-work-group-ad-hoc-meeting-20th-november
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 diverse audiences. The first took place in Manchester on the 27th and the second in London on the 29th November:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/30/openchain-greymatter-real-world-devops
On the 29th of November Masato Endo from Toyota delivered a presentation to introduce the OpenChain Project to KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM members. This marks the beginning of a dialogue about how OpenChain can support the global automotive industry with managing open source compliance in the supply chain:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/30/openchain-the-nama-meeting
KPMG announced they 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 source licensing and security issues could potentially impact overall deal success if not effectively addressed. The panel will features experts from KPMG, Flexera, Adobe, O’Melveny & Myer, Wind River and the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project in a lively discussion around OSS management programs, legal and security issues, common pitfalls and leading practices around OSS usage:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/14/openchain-ma-kpmg
The project launched an OpenChain usability survey for Q4. It was intended to provide a platform for everyone interested in open source compliance to let us know how we are doing / what can be improved in the future. The survey covered general interaction with the project, conformance and internationalization. It ran from the 6th to the 30th of November:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2018/11/06/the-openchain-q4-2018-survey-tell-your-friends
October was our busiest month yet…until November. We continue to put in place activities and releases that will support our work towards formal standardization in 2019/2020. We expect to end the year with significant updates on Membership and Conformance. Everything, as always, is due to our excellent volunteer community.
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