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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 Japan Work Group – 15th Meeting (2nd Virtual) – Recording

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The OpenChain Japan Work Group hosted its 15th meeting (2nd virtual) at 2pm local time on the 18th of June. The majority of the meeting was held in Japanese but as always foreign guests were welcome to join and ask questions or share news in English.

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OpenChain China Work Group – 4th Meeting – Recording

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The OpenChain China Work Group held its fourth meeting on the 17th of June. This meeting covered two topics

Agenda

  • A briefing on Patrick McHardy and related activities in 2020 (Chatham House Rule, not part of the recording).
  • Production use of software bill of materials and an update on US Government activity around software bill of materials.

OpenChain Webinar 6: OpenChain China, Japan, Korea – a discussion on community building – 5pm Pacific, Monday 15th June

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This Monday at 5pm Pacific (Tuesday 8am Beijing, 9am Seoul, Tokyo) we will hold our sixth webinar. The topic will be “OpenChain China, Japan, Korea – a discussion on community building” featuring short interviews with Jerry (China), Haksung (Korea) and Fukuchi San (Japan) about local community activity. Our goal is to share knowledge on what has worked, what has not, and how momentum can be kept in these unusual times. We hope these lessons will assist our fellows in Europe and North America while also illustrating some of the key successes in Asia.

This is part of the bi-weekly OpenChain Webinar series. Every two weeks we have international speakers covering a wide range of topics related to practical open source compliance challenges, solutions and considerations.

You can learn more about this series here : https://www.openchainproject.org/webinars-interviews

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OpenChain Japan Work Group – 15th Meeting (2nd Virtual) – June 18th @ 2pm Local Time

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The OpenChain Japan Work Group will host its 15th meeting (2nd virtual) at 2pm local time on the 18th of June. Everyone is welcome to attend. The majority of the meeting will be held in Japanese but foreign guests can ask questions or share news in English.

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OpenChain China Work Group Meeting #4 – June 17th @ 3pm Local Time

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The OpenChain China Work Group will host its fourth meeting at 3pm Beijing time on the 17th of June. This meeting will feature three guest speakers.

Agenda

  • Armijn Hemel will provide a briefing on Patrick McHardy and related activities in 2020.
  • Hong Phuc Dang will provide a briefing on South Asia open source activity.
  • A representative of the OpenChain Japan Work Group will provide a briefing on production use of software bill of materials.
  • Additionally, Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, will provide an update on US Government activity around software bill of materials.

This meeting will be held in English and will be held under Chatham House Rule.

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Meeting ID: 999 012 0120
Password: 123456

OpenChain Korea Work Group – 6th Meeting – June 16th @ 2pm Local Time

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The OpenChain Korea Work Group will hold its 6th meeting via UberConference on the 16th of June at 2pm Seoul time. This event will be held in the Korean language and will provide an excellent opportunity to learn what companies like Kakao and SK Telecom are doing around open source compliance.

  • How to join on PC
    (1) PC에서 https://uberconference.com/openchainproject 접속
    (2) Settings 에서 마이크와 스피커 설정 확인
    (3) Name 입력 후, “Join Now” 클릭하여 입장 
  • How to join on Phone
    (1) 핸드폰에서 02-6022-2388로 전화
    (2) 855 889 3011 # 입력

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Numbers Announces An OpenChain Conformant Program

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Numbers, a company based in Taiwan with a mission to create an open, transparent and traceable data system, is the latest organization to announce an OpenChain conformant program. This is a timely engagement, as Numbers focuses on annotating, tracking, and certifying the origins of digital data, starting with user-generated content, a leading source of misinformation.

“With the rise of incredible communication technology we have also seen a rise in misinformation,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Organizations are creating new ways to assess and address these concerns, and it is heartening to see companies like Numbers electing to also embed themselves into broader industry best practices around matters like compliance.”

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Civil Infrastructure and OpenChain @ HKOSCon 2020, 13th June

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On the 13th of June at 15:00 local time, SZ Lin, the OpenChain Project governing board member for MOXA, will deliver a talk at HKOSCon 2020 about how Civil Infrastructure (electrical and power grids, railway, shipping, and transportation systems, and so on) intersects neatly with OpenChain and structured, repeatable compliance processes.

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OpenChain at ISO WG21 2020 Plenary – 9th June

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The OpenChain Project and its collaboration with the Joint Development Foundation was explored during a session at the ISO WG21 2020 Plenary on the 9th of June. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, lead the primary discussion and Seth Newberry, General Manager of Standards at Joint Development Foundation, explained the JDF PAS approach both in terms of OpenChain and more broadly in the years ahead.

Special thanks are due to Trent Allgood and Ron Brill of WG 21 for facilitating this session and helping to build new avenues of collaboration around standardization moving forward.

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Note

The full name of WG 21 is ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7/WG21 – IT Asset Management, abbreviated above for brevity.