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Shane Coughlan

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.

Nov 02
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Regional Traction: 2,100 Eyes on Japanese FAQ

By News

The OpenChain Project often highlights global news. However, it is important to remember that the majority of activity is truly distributed around the world, especially in our local China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, Germany, UK and US work groups. Today we are taking a moment to shine a spotlight on a specific example in Japan.

The OpenChain Japan Work Group operates seven sub-groups, one of which is focused on providing answers to frequently asked questions, chaired by Ouchi San from Fujitsu. The FAQ document produced by the group has been downloaded over 2,100 times so far, demonstrating the extent of information dissemination in a specific geography.

If you have a Japanese office (or you represent a Japanese company), please be aware that the FAQ sub-group meets on the 8th of November at 15:00 JST. All welcome.

・日時：11月8日(月) 15:00〜17:30
・チャタムハウスルールを採用しています。
（誰が言ったかは口外禁止、得た情報は自由利用可）
・オンライン会議(Zoom)：
　Zoom のURLはFAQ-SGのSLACKに掲載予定です。
　（Japan WGのSLACKとは異なります）


以下のメーリングリストへご連絡願います。

Oct 29
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Education Work Group Meeting 2021-10-29

By News

We discussed the final steps necessary to turn this document into an online course. Balakrishna (our chair) has finalized details with the LF Training Team. They can release a version of the course for December 16th if we (a) close open comments on Chapters 1~5 and provide the final deliverable by end of November. Most of the work is done on Chapters 1~3, so our focus will be on filling out Chapters 4~5 in the short term, and then reverting to the early chapters for final review.

Join the Education Work Group at this mailing list:

Oct 28
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CAICT Becomes OpenChain Partner, Launches Third Party Certification

By Featured, News

CAICT, a scientific research institute directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIT) of China, is the latest OpenChain Project partner. They will be drawing on sixty four years of experience to offer third party certification support for OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 in the Chinese market. Read their official statement in Chinese.

“Effective supply chain managed is more critical today than ever before,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “The size of the Chinese market offers both challenges and opportunities that can transform global trade. We are fortunate to work closely with companies like OPPO and Huawei on business optimization, and our new partnership with CAICT provides a new level of support for companies seeking effective, efficient management of open source software. As our first third party certified in Mainland China, we feel confident CAICT will act not only as a service provider but also as a lighthouse to offer support and structure to companies adopting and using OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230.”

About CAICT

Founded in 1957, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology(hereinafter referred to as CAICT) is a scientific research institute directly under theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology (MIT) of China. It cherishes the culturalphilosophy of “Boosting prosperity with virtues and expertise” for years while adhering tothe development positioning of “a specialized think-tank for the government and aninnovation and development platform for the industry”. Committed to “the think-tank andenabler for innovation and development in an information society”, CAICT has providedstrong support for major strategies, plans, policies, standards, tests and certification forthe development of the national ICT sector and the IT application, thus proving itself animportant facilitator in the leapfrog development and innovation of China’s informationand communications sector. It has been granted hundreds of scientific and technologicalawards at both national and provincial levels.In recent years, with a view to adapting to the new eco-social backdrop andrequirements, CAICT has strengthened its efforts in innovation to achieve wider anddeeper research landscape. It has conducted in-depth research and foresighted planningin the fields of 4G/5G, industrial Internet, smart manufacturing, mobile Internet, Internet ofThings (loT), Internet of Vehicles (loV), cloud computing, big data, blockchain, artificialintelligence (Al), future networks, virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR), intelligenthardware, and cyber and information security. This enables CAICT to play an importantrole in strategy and policy study, technological innovation, industrial development, andinternational cooperation related to the ICT sector and the integration betweenindustrialization and informatization.

About OpenChain

The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance. This allows companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. This is an open standard and all parties are welcome to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standard.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Oct 28
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Open Source Software Disclosure Guidelines – 東京都オープン・ソース・ソフトウェア公開ガイドライン

By News

OpenChain Japan community members were a key part of creating the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Open Source Software Disclosure Guidelines. Huge thanks to:

遠藤 雅人The Linux Foundation OpenChain Project Automotive Chair / Japan Work Group Promotion Sub Group Leader
大崎 雅行The Linux Foundation OpenChain Project
小保田 規生The Linux Foundation OpenChain Project

You can find the details in Japanese here:

Oct 20
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SCANOSS Is The Latest OpenChain Partner

By News

SCANOSS is the latest company to announce participation in the OpenChain Project partner program.

“The standards promoted by the OpenChain Project have helped us to converge on a more interoperable SBOM that will further reduce friction in the software supply chain,” says Alan Facey, Chief Disruptor, SCANOSS. “SCANOSS exists to enable companies of all sizes to run a quality open source compliance program without having to rely on commercial vendor tools. Our partnership with OpenChain reinforces our commitment to the open source community and the ‘freedoms’ it embodies.”

“Automation is a key aspect of effective open source compliance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “SCANOSS joins our partner program as another global vendor supporting software bill of materials in a manner that promises increased transparency and interoperability in the supply chain. Of particular note is their commitment to providing the scanning technology itself as open source, providing an additional layer of assurance regarding sustainability in a complex, fast moving market.”

About SCANOSS

SCANOSS is an open, configurable OSS Inventory engine that was built specifically for developers, empowering them to confidently produce compliant code from the moment they begin writing, while delivering greater license and usage visibility for the broader DevOps team and supply chain partners. With its open architecture that is easy to integrate into existing processes and toolchains, SCANOSS transforms software bill of materials (SBOM) creation from ‘write now, audit later’ to an always-on analysis of live code. By freeing developers to focus on writing great, compliant code that they and their team can completely trust, applications are finished earlier, quality is consistently higher, and development costs are dramatically lower.

About OpenChain

The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance. This allows companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. This is an open standard and all parties are welcome to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standard.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Oct 20
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OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting #21 – 2021-10-20 16:00~17:00 JST

By News

The OpenChain Japan Work Group is one of the most active and oldest parts of the OpenChain Project. Featuring hundreds of people and around one hundred companies, it is a key source of reference material, standard development and general knowledge-sharing. The meetings are held in Japanese but all are welcome to attend. No registration is necessary.

Venue

Zoom: https://lnkd.in/dd7isumy
Meeting ID: 99975267803

Password

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Agenda

16:00 -16:02 Opening
16:02 -16:10 Keynote by Shane Coughlan 
16:10 -16:20 about OpenChain Japan WG by S.Kato from Panasonic 
16:20 -17:00 Case study “Growing Open Source Culture Inside Sony” by K.Sato from Sony 
17:00 Closing

Oct 19
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NEC Announces OpenChain ISO 5230 Conformant Program

By Featured

NEC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, is the latest company to announce an OpenChain ISO 5230 Conformant program. This builds on their social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world, and underlines a long-standing commitment to excellence in governance.

“NEC is proud to support the international standard for open source license compliance,” says Kimio Suganuma, General Manager of OSS Promotion Center.  “It builds on our multi-decade support of open source in business environments. We look forward to continued collaboration with the global governance community, and helping to ensure supply chains are efficient and trustworthy.”

“NEC has been involved in the OpenChain Project for a considerable period,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Like many companies, NEC manages complex internal and external supply chains. OpenChain ISO 5230 is ideally suited to improving effectiveness and efficiency across such supply chains, and it provides additional value in reducing friction in procurement, security and M&A. We look forward to collaborating with NEC in the months and years to come.”

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.

About OpenChain

The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance. This allows companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. This is an open standard and all parties are welcome to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standard.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Oct 19
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Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Announces It Has Achieved OpenChain ISO 5230 Conformance

By Featured

From the Eclipse Foundation Newsroom

BRUSSELS – October 19, 2021 – The Eclipse Foundation AISBL, a global community fostering a mature, scalable, and business-friendly environment for software collaboration and innovation, has announced that it is the first open source software foundation to confirm that its open source development and license management processes are OpenChain ISO 5230 conformant. This means that all Eclipse Foundation open source projects are developed under an  ISO 5230 conformant program which fulfills the license compliance requirements of the standard. 

“Certifying that our development process is OpenChain ISO 5230 conformant is another step in showcasing our foundation’s role in the global open source ecosystem which is critical to today’s innovation-driven economy,” said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. “We are thrilled to provide our worldwide contributors, users, adopters, and stakeholders the opportunity to benefit from a more efficient and effective open source supply chain.”

OpenChain ISO 5230 is a simple, clear and effective process management standard for open source license compliance. The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance. This allows companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. 

Interested parties can find out more about this open standard here – https://www.openchainproject.org/about 

Supporting Quotes

Bosch
“Open Source is at the center of many products within Bosch,” says Marcel Kurzmann, representative of Bosch in the OpenChain Governing Board, Robert Bosch GmbH. “Having OpenChain compliant supply chains is a key building block  for an efficient handling of the Open Source parts. Thus, we welcome the initiative of the Eclipse Foundation to develop Open Source projects in an OpenChain compliant way.”

SAP
“Open source is at the heart of many SAP solutions and our innovation strategies in segments such as Industry 4.0,” said Peter Giese, Director of SAP Open Source Program Office, SAP. “Being able to both contribute to and consume Eclipse Foundation projects developed under OpenChain conformant processes simplifies and enhances the open source supply chain for us, our partners and customers.”

Daimler 
“FOSS is everywhere! It is in the vehicles we sell, in the mobile apps we provide, in our backend systems and websites, and even used on the shop floor every day. To foster OpenChain conformance in our open source supply chain we recommend our software suppliers to get certified and commit to this ISO standard”, says Christian Wege, member of FOSS CoC at Daimler.

OpenChain Project
“The heart of open source is collaboration and Eclipse Foundation is an exemplary example of where such collaboration takes place,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “I look forward to our ongoing engagement as we help foster a new phase in open source supply chains. We are reaching an era where OpenChain ISO 5230 and related standards are the key to rapid, clear management of code.”

About the Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation provides our global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and business-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. The Foundation is home to the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for cloud and edge applications, IoT, AI, automotive, systems engineering, distributed ledger technologies, open processor designs, and many others. The Eclipse Foundation is an international non-profit association supported by over 330 members, including industry leaders who value open source as a key enabler for their business strategies. To learn more, follow us on Twitter @EclipseFdn, LinkedIn or visit eclipse.org.

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