Our Global Work Team call to end November focused in showing the format of our ISO/IEC International Standard, how OpenChain 2.1 uses precisely the same formatting, and our online self-certification questionnaire for OpenChain 2.1.
Check out our first “full spectrum” call, expanding from our traditional Specification Work Team, and providing all the global work teams with space to catch up and share.
The next call is on the Fourth Monday of November (23rd) at 5pm Pacific.
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On this webinar Tim Bird of Sony spoke on ‘Issues with Open Source License Compliance in Consumer Electronics’, a variant of a speech recently delivered at Open Source Summit Europe, and made available here for our global audience along with a great Q&A.
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This is OpenChain Webinar #14, released on 2020-11-20.
The full recording of our recent Education Work Group meeting is now available. Big news this time around as we lock down collaboration with LF Training to make a free online course (we get their stuff as CC-0!), how we will work, and our target release dates.
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Our regular bi-weekly webinar will cover an exciting topic at 5pm Pacific today (Monday) – 8am Beijing/Taipei – 9am Seoul/Tokyo (Tuesday).
Tim Bird of Sony will cover ‘Issues with Open Source License Compliance in Consumer Electronics’, a variant of a speech recently delivered at Open Source Summit Europe, and made available live here for audiences in the USA and Asia.
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The OpenChain Project hosted a special three hour mini-summit to explain the three options for compliance to the International Standard for open source compliance. Learn about self-certification, independent assessment and third-party certification from the experts in each area.
Part 1 – Self-Certification (1 hour session)
The core of the International Standard for open source license compliance is self-certification. This is a process where a company reviews the requirements of the standard and checks whether their current processes match these requirements. If necessary, a company can make adjustments to processes. Self-certification can be accomplished in several ways. The most common are:
- Using the OpenChain self-certification web application, a free online service.
- Using a downloadable version of the OpenChain self-certification questionnaire, a free service.
- Using the Industry Standard text itself, also freely available.
Part 2 – Independent Compliance Assessment (1 hour session)
Companies often want assistance in adopting an International Standard. One common form is Independent Assessment, where a knowledgable service provider reviews a company’s processes and provides objective feedback on where adjustments or improvements may be necessary. The OpenChain International Standard for open source compliance has a process called “Independent Compliance Assessment” that is provided by trusted partners of the project. These partners may be law firms or service vendors. Two of our existing partners, Source Code Control (UK) and AlektoMetis (Germany), hosted a session explaining this approach and their respective service offerings.
Part 3 – Third-Party Certification (1 hour session)
In some markets third-party certification is an important part of inter-company relationships. Examples are automotive, infrastructure and aviation, where strict regulation and regular audits are well-served by formal certification by third-parties. The OpenChain International Standard for open source compliance approaches third-party certification in the same way as other International Standards. Two of our existing partners, PwC (Germany) and Orcro (UK), hosted a session explaining this approach and their respective service offerings.
The Outcome
At the end of this mini-summit
Join Us @ 15:00 ~ 18:00 CET / UTC+1 – 29th October 2020
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The OpenChain India Work Group held its third meeting on the 30th of October 2020. Check out the full recording and join our future activity via our dedicated mailing list.
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We had a great discussion on the most recent fourth Monday Specification meeting. Key topics were around timescales for releases (we plan to have long periods between releases) and expanding this call to cover our other global work teams as well (which we decided was a good idea).
Check it out below and look forward to an expanded format in November.
Balakrishna @ Bosch led the revival of the OpenChain Education Work Group with two meetings exploring the creation of online training for the International Standard for open source license compliance. Catch up and contribute via these recordings and by subscribing to our list.
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On October 28th at 19:30 GMT Shane Coughlan spoke at Open Source Summit Europe 2020. His talk explored the process of building and deploying the first Linux Foundation ISO standard in fourteen years in collaboration with the Joint Development Foundation. It explained why the evolution from de facto industry standard to formal standardization was important for open source compliance in the context of areas like sales, procurement and M&A.
