Shane Coughlan

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 the OpenChain Project and our Platinum Members for several months, and today announced that they have formally completed OpenChain Conformant third-party certification for Hitachi.

TPS Standard PPP 15001A has been created by TÜV SÜD for OpenChain Conformant third-party certification. Certification services for this standard are being offered globally by TÜV SÜD. Interested parties should contact Andreas Bärwald, Head of Software Solutions at TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH. Interested parties in Japan can contact TÜV SÜD Japan.

Please note that OpenChain Conformance is not tied to third-party certification. This is a service optionally available to companies who wish to seek it. We are glad to work closely with TÜV SÜD on this service and look forward to collaborating with other certification authorities as we continue to expand globally.

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• Hitachi and OpenChain Third-Party Certification
• TÜV SÜD Japan and Hitachi announce conformance (Japanese)

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 Conformant and the first company in the world to undergo third-party certification.

日立製作所、FOSS(フリーオープンソースソフトウェア)のライセンス管理プロセスを構築し適切に運用するための認証「オープンソース ライセンス ガバナンス プロセス認証」をテュフズードジャパンより取得

Learn More (Japanese)

• https://www.tuv-sud.jp/jp-jp/press-media-centre/newsroom/hitachi-foss-open-source-license-governance-process-certification

Questions?

• Contact Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, at coughlan@linux.com

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 public and legal /technical professionals, this year focussing on compliance. Malcolm presented the background, process, requirements for certification and future plans of OpenChain.

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• The event website: https://www.eolevent.eu

EOLE is held adjacent to the Paris Open Source summit.

• https://www.opensourcesummit.paris/

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.

“Business workflows for software development are critical for organizations seeking to improve open source compliance processes. In this context “business workflow” means how software and relevant license information is received from a supplier, how it is transferred and processed internally, and finally how it is released to customers. Inside an organization several team (functional blocks) may cooperate with each other to achieve overall open source compliance.

To contribute to this discussion the OpenChain Japan Work Group has prepared examples of roles in business workflows. These examples are intended to help frame the discussion and to acknowledge that multiple roles exist in multiple business workflows across different companies and markets.”

Comment and Contribute

• https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Onboarding-JWG/blob/master/CaseStudy/BusinessFlow/Report-of-business-workflow-and-roles.md

Get these guides and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library.

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 need of health and social care services company, rather than for shareholders. It provides numerous services to different parts of the British National Health Service.

“OpenChain conformance benefits our whole organization – from developers onboarding and releasing their first FOSS products, through to the implementation team building trust and confidence with our customers,” says Matt Conway, CTO of Interneuron. “OpenChain conformance demonstrates to all Interneuron’s commitment to delivering enterprise level open source solutions with quality management and security at the heart of our development processes.”

“Interneuron were invited to attend our OpenChain curriculum based training course “Get it Right with Open Source Software” by NHS Digital’s Code4Health team,” says Martin Callinan, CEO of Source Code Control. “The training helped them understand the value of managing their open source software supply chain. We supported Interneuron through the conformance process and will continue to support them in maintaining conformance. OpenChain is now part of their business as usual software development.”

“The most exciting thing about the OpenChain Standard is how it helps companies of all sizes to contextualize and improve open source compliance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “One of our key goals is to ensure not only that doing so is fast and efficient, but that it also furthers the business goals of every organization. We are delighted with Interneuron’s engagement with the OpenChain community and we are grateful to our partners at Source Code Control for fostering this valuable relationship.”

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• The Interneuron homepage
• Source Code Control’s homepage

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 an extensive product-related service offering. Scania offers vehicle financing, insurance and rental services to enable our customers to focus on their core business. Scania is also a leading provider of industrial and marine engines.

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• The Scania homepage

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.

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• Google Open Source

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 our community and the Linux Foundation Japan office.

You can access the Japanese website through visiting our homepage and clicking the Japanese flag on the top right corner.

We look forward to making a Chinese version of the OpenChain website in early 2019.

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.

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• OpenChain Self-Certification page

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.

Contribute here

• Our draft document on Google Docs – you can add comments and suggestions