The Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI) has released a series of case studies on open source. OpenChain has significant coverage in this material, underlying our growing momentum as the Industry Standard for open source license compliance:
https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2021/04/20210421001/20210421001.html
(Japanese language)
This webinar unpacked the complexity and solutions for addressing licensing across a large code-base like the Linux Kernel, and it explained how ISO 5230 has been applied to the security domain by some parties in the supply chain.
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This is OpenChain Webinar #22, released on 2021-04-21.
This webinar explored how the OpenChain Project has fostered an inclusive community, and what that means for the development of local and global work groups.
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This is OpenChain Webinar #21, released on 2021-04-14.
“An in-depth knowledge of the evolving standards landscape is a first step for automakers and their suppliers; there are many new standards that automotive suppliers and OEMs need to keep in mind.”
https://www.wardsauto.com/vehicles/complying-evolving-automotive-safety-standards

We have created a single, simple supplier education pack for open source license compliance. Get it from our website and enjoy a “one email” solution to aligning your supply chain around ISO 5230, the International Standard for compliance:
https://www.openchainproject.org/
“The UK is a centre of excellence in open source software; open source software contributes £billions to the UK economy; and the UK is one of the biggest contributors to open source software in the world.”
http://openuk.uk/stateofopen/

Computermind has announced an OpenChain ISO 5230 conformant program. Computermind supports the development of control systems, business department solutions and advanced technology. Their primary use of open source is focused on AI development.
“We are delighted to welcome Computermind to the OpenChain community of conformance,” says Shane Coughlan, General Manager. “It is especially exciting to note that they are based in Japan and working on one of the hottest topics around technology today: artificial intelligence. We look forward to collaborating with the team in the months and years ahead.”
The OpenChain Project has been on Slack for a while but with relatively low visibility. As an outcome of a recent global work team meeting we decided to change that. Help us scale from 50 regular participants to our usual typical global group of 150 or more!
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Newsletter – Issue 47 – March 2021
Our newsletter contains some of the highlights from the last month of activity in the project. Plenty more happened. Check out the full stream here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news
OpenChain @ Q1 Mini Summit
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OpenChain @ Conformance
Nanjing Fujitsu Nanda Software Technology Co., Ltd. has announced conformance with OpenChain 2.1 (ISO/IEC 5230):
OpenChain @ Training in Italian
OpenChain Reference Training For ISO 5230 is now available in Italian:
OpenChain @ Webinars #19 & 20
You can watch OpenChain Webinars #19 & 20 on OpenChain ISO 5230 in the Supply Chain & Automation, IP Protection, & Legal Solvers:
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