This advent calendar has been created by our Japanese Work Group as part of their community outreach. We hope you enjoy their recap of compliance topics to end the year.

（日本語は下にあります）

Introduction

Hello. If this is your first visit, nice to meet you. Thank you very much for your attention to this article.
Welcome to OpenChain Japan WG Advent Calendar 2020!!
We, OpenChain Japan WG, is a Japanese community whose activities involve Open Source Software(OSS) compliance.
Last year we wrote various topics about our activities as a self introduction of OpenChain Japan WG. This year, as OpenChain Advent Calendar 2020, we will deliver to you a series of 25 articles focusing on the OpenChain Specification cerebrating that OpenChain Specification was officially registered as an International Organization for Standardization(ISO).
And we will write every article both in Japanese and English and deliver them to everyone in the world. (It is also useful for your English/Japanese learning!)
We would be very happy if you became a little interested in our activities and the importance of OSS compliance from reading our articles. I hope you like it!!

About me

I am Ayumi Watanabe of OpenChain Japan WG.　I’m an OSS management consultant based in Tokyo, Japan. My favorite OSS license is Beerware License.
I’m a member of Planning SWG, Promotion SWG and Tooling SWG in OpenChain Japan WG.

About OpenChain

Openchain is one of the official projects of the Linux Foundation. Its vision is “a supply chain where open source is delivered with trusted and consistent compliance information”. OpenChain maintains the International Standard for open source 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 welcomed to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standard.

The core of OpenChain：
1. Specification, which defines a set of requirements every quality compliance program must satisfy
2. Conformance, which allows organizations to display and promote their adherence to these requirements
3. Curriculum, which provides the educational foundation for OSS processes and solutions, whilst meeting a key requirement of the specification

About Japan WG

In OpenChain Japan WG, we share our issues and solutions with each other, and discuss issues about OSS compliance in Japanese. We have variety of sub work groups in OpenChain Japan WG, e.g. Planning, Tooling, Promotion, FAQ, Leaflet, Education, License Info SWG. Every SWG are all very active.
OpenChain Japan WG is one of the regional Work Groups of OpenChain. It started in 2017. Now over 200people from over 70 companies are our members. We always welcome your joining! 

The Next Topic is…

In the next article, I will write about OpenChain Specification which is the main theme of this year. I believe it was 2020’s biggest news of OSS compliance that OpenChain Specification was officially registered as an ISO standard.
See you tomorrow!!

はじめに

こんにちは。あるいは、はじめまして。
OpenChain Japan WGのアドベントカレンダー2020へようこそ！
私たちOpenChain Japan WGは、OSS(Open Source Software)のコンプライアンスに関する活動をしている日本のコミュニティです。
今年は、昨年に引き続き2年目のアドベントカレンダーです。昨年は、OpenChain Japan WGの自己紹介として、私たちの活動について色々書かせていただきましたが、今年はOpenChain仕様がISO国際標準に認定された記念として、OpenChain仕様にフォーカスした25日間をお届けしたいと思います。
また、日本から世界へ！をキーワードに、海外のエンジニアの皆さんにも読んでいただけるよう、今年は全日程、日本語と英語で記載します。(英語を勉強中の皆さんの練習にもお使いいただけます！)
このアドベントカレンダーを通して、私たちの活動やOSSコンプライアンスの重要性に興味を持っていただき、参加したいなと思っていただけるようになれば幸いです。

自己紹介

OpenChain Japan WGの渡邊歩です。OSS活用に関するコンサルをしています。好きなライセンスは、Beerware Licenseです。
OpenChain Japan WGでは、Planning SWGとPromotion SWG、Tooling SWGで活動しています。

OpenChainについて

OpenChainは、Linux Foundationの公式プロジェクトのひとつで、「OSSが信頼性と一貫性のあるコンプライアンス情報とともに提供される、ソフトウェアサプライチェーンを実現すること」をビジョンとし、組織がOSSのライセンスコンプライアンスプログラムを構築するための指針を整備し提供しているプロジェクトです。
OpenChainの3本の柱：
1. 仕様(Specification) ： 組織内に確立するべきコンプライアンスプログラムの要件を定義したもの
2. 適合(Conformance) ： 組織が仕様を満たしていることを認証する仕組み
3. 教育(Curriculum) ： 仕様の要求事項のひとつである教育プログラムに活用できる資料

Japan WGについて

OpenChain Japan WGは、日本で活動するOpenChainのワーキンググループで、OSSコンプライアンスに関する課題や解決策について日本語で議論や情報交換を行っています。Japan WGの中には更にPlannning, Tooling, Promotion, FAQ, リーフレット, 教育資料, ライセンス情報など、たくさんのサブワークグループがあり、それぞれが活発に活動しています。
OpenChain Japan WGの活動はOpenChain初のリージョナルSWGとして2017年にスタートし、今では70社、200名以上の人々が参加しています。私たちの活動に興味のある方はいつでも、参加お待ちしています！

明日のテーマは・・・

明日は、今年のアドベントカレンダーのメインテーマである「OpenChain仕様」について説明します。
OpenChain仕様がISO国際標準に認定されたことは、OSSコンプライアンス関連の2020年の最大のニュースだったと思います。
では明日の記事をお楽しみに！！

The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome Lee Tsai & Partners to our partner program as the first law firm in Taiwan.

“The OpenChain Project is fortunate to have an active and growing community of user companies in Taiwan,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Welcoming Lee Tsai & Partners to our official partner program is a natural extension of ensuring legal support for our community in this space. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such experienced and influential individuals in this space, and we have every confidence that Lee Tsai & Partners is perfectly positioned to assist companies as the OpenChain Specification, DIS 5230, formally graduates as an ISO/IEC standard.”

“We have seen open source software become a critical part of technological innovation,” says Jaclyn Tsai, Co-Founder of Lee Tsai & Partners. “Whether an enterprise can effectively use open source software will become a crucial factor in keeping pace with current trends.  The first step in ensuring proper use of open source software is assuring that appropriate controls are in place to ensure that license terms and obligations may be complied with.  We are excited and pleased to be an official partner of OpenChain to help companies understand the requirements under the Internal Standard for Open Source Compliance and their legal obligations in using open-source software.”

About Lee Tsai & Partners

Dr. Chung-Teh Lee and Jaclyn Tsai, after working as judges and practicing for extensive periods, both had a vision of creating a law firm that is not only grounded on professionalism but also compassion. As such, the first office of the Lee Tsai Group was founded in Taipei in 1998 with the professional motto “Reason” and “Compassion” and a mission statement “to provide the highest quality of professional service to our clients through our comprehensive knowledge of their industries while dedicating ourselves not only to our clients but also to our community.”

Learn More

• https://www.leetsai.com/

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.

Join Us

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9990120120?pwd=NzVCaFE2L1RRRFZaSkk0dm8xdlplUT09

One Tap Telephone (no screensharing)

• +358 9 4245 1488,,9990120120# Finland
• +33 7 5678 4048,,9990120120# France
• +49 69 7104 9922,,9990120120# Germany
• +852 5808 6088,,9990120120# Hong Kong
• +39 069 480 6488,,9990120120# Italy
• +353 6 163 9031,,9990120120# Ireland
• +81 524 564 439,,9990120120# Japan
• +82 2 6105 4111,,9990120120# Korea
• +34 917 873 431,,9990120120# Spain
• +46 850 539 728,,9990120120# Sweden
• +41 43 210 71 08,,9990120120# Switzerland
• +44 330 088 5830,,9990120120# UK
• +16699006833,,9990120120# US (San Jose)
• +12532158782,,9990120120# US

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abeUqy3kYQ
After dialing the local number enter 9990120120#

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.

Join Our Education Mailing List to Stay Involved

• https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/education

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.

Attend the Talk

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9990120120?pwd=NzVCaFE2L1RRRFZaSkk0dm8xdlplUT09

One Tap Telephone (no screensharing)

• +358 9 4245 1488,,9990120120# Finland
• +33 7 5678 4048,,9990120120# France
• +49 69 7104 9922,,9990120120# Germany
• +852 5808 6088,,9990120120# Hong Kong
• +39 069 480 6488,,9990120120# Italy
• +353 6 163 9031,,9990120120# Ireland
• +81 524 564 439,,9990120120# Japan
• +82 2 6105 4111,,9990120120# Korea
• +34 917 873 431,,9990120120# Spain
• +46 850 539 728,,9990120120# Sweden
• +41 43 210 71 08,,9990120120# Switzerland
• +44 330 088 5830,,9990120120# UK
• +16699006833,,9990120120# US (San Jose)
• +12532158782,,9990120120# US

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abeUqy3kYQ
After dialing the local number enter 9990120120#

View the Slides

• https://elinux.org/images/5/50/Issues-with-Open-Source-License-Compliance-Bird-ELCE-2020-10.pdf