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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.

OpenChain Export Control Work Group 2024-01-09 – Recording

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Please find the recording from our recent meeting here:

We covered a few different topics, but the key item was the explore how we could work together with SPDX as they look at adding Export Control fields into SPDX 3.1.

Get the slides:

We had a previous presentation from SPDX on this topic here:

The currently proposed SPDX schema is here:

Their mailing list to discuss this topic is here:

OpenChain Monthly North America / Asia Call – January 2024 (2024-01-16) – Full Recording

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Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting. We had some great feedback. Check out the recording here:

Most Important Outcome

We adjusted the review / renewal period for the Security and Licensing specifications from 18 months to 12 months to align with ISO 17021 for certification of management systems. You can see the details as follows:

Security Specification (potential future ISO 18974 update):

Licensing Specification (potential future ISO 5230 update):

Next Monthly North America / Europe Call Focus Items

Maturity Model consideration for ISO 18974:

+ GM Addition

Scope – for next iteration of ISO 5230:

Review The Past

You can download the slides from this meeting and all previous meetings since we started the specification update cycle here:

OpenChain Monthly North America / Europe Call – January 2024 (2024-01-09) – Full Recording

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Please note: this post initially contained some material related to editing the specification editing that occurred on the North America / Asia call. You can find that material on the North America / Asia call for January 2024 blog post.

We kicked off the year with a call to review the 2023 Annual Report and the 2024 “Where We Go Next” statement. This was also an opportunity to discuss the outcomes of the Steering Committee meeting in December 2023.

Get The Slides For This Meeting (and all the others) On GitHub:

Shanghai Development Center of Computer Software Technology Software Engineering Institute announces an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program

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The Shanghai Computer Software Technology Development Center was approved by the former National Science and Technology Commission in 1984 and is a public institution directly under the Shanghai Academy of Sciences. Shanghai Computer Software Technology Development Center has long been committed to software technology standard research and software application technology research. It has promoted industrial development through the application of technical services and achievements, and gradually formed the core concept of “service industry, development industry”, and made many pioneering contributions to China’s software industry.

Software Security Technology Co., Ltd. announces an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program

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Soft Security Science and Technology Co., Ltd. was registered in Chengdu High School District in May 2021. The company focuses on software quality and security control, with SCA analysis tool, source code static test analysis tool, fuzzy test tool, and is quickly building software supply chain security solutions combined with open source governance solutions, security development solutions and software compliance solutions. It has offices in Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Shenzhen.

Learn more on their site:

OpenChain AI Study Group – Kick-Off Call – 2024-01-23 @ 16:00 GMT (UK Time)

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In December 2023 interested parties held the first planning call for an OpenChain AI Study Group focused around the topic of AI Compliance matters. The outcome was a decision to formally start an AI Study Group in 2024.

That study group begins in January 2024 (this month) with a kick-off call scheduled for the 23rd of January at 16:00 GMT (UK Time). You will find this call listed in our Global Calendar. There is also a link to join the call below.

Join the call here: