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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.

ようこそOpenChain Japan WGへ!

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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。
これから25日間にわたって、コミュニティのみんなでたくさんのことをお伝えしていきたいと思います。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ついて知っていただくとともに、コミュニティのメンバーについても知っていただき、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。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。

自己紹介

アドベントカレンダーのトップバッターを務めさせていただきます渡邊歩です。OSSの活用に関するコンサルテーションを生業としています。
好きなライセンスは、Beerware Licenseです。
OSSコンプライアンスについては8年ほどのキャリアになりますが、OSS管理のベストなやり方を提案し、お客様と一緒にOSS管理のプロセスを作りあげていくお仕事をしています。

OpenChainについて

OpenChainは、Linux Foundationの公式プロジェクトのひとつで、OSSのライセンスコンプライアンスプログラムを組織が構築するための指針を整備しているプロジェクトです。OpenChainは、ソフトウェアのサプライチェーンの中で活動する人々が各組織内に確立すべきコンプライアンスプログラムの要件を、OpenChain仕様として定義し、各組織がそれらを確立するための支援を行っています。

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、日本企業ならではの課題や解決策について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。このアドベントカレンダーでは、それぞれのサブワークグループのリーダーによる活動報告もありますのでお楽しみに!

我々のまとめ役、Shaneさん

OpenChainのゼネラルマネージャーのShane Coughlanさんは、我々のまとめ役として、我々の活動をいつも、温かく応援してくれています。
Shaneさんからのコメントを紹介します!

The OpenChain Project defines the industry standard for open source compliance. It identifies the inflection points where a process, or a policy, or a training program should exist. At a high level, it takes the knowledge of thousands of people from hundreds of companies in this space, and it condenses it into clear, unambiguous definitions that any company in any market can adopt.

The OpenChain industry standard does not dictate the content of each process, policy or training program because it needs to be applicable to companies of all sizes in all markets. However, we have a super active and supportive community. There is reference material of all sorts – including entire reference training programs or multi-industry policy options – accessible via our website.

Indeed, the community of the OpenChain Project is our most valuable asset. We have local work groups in China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We have global mailing lists for the project as a whole, for automated tooling, for automotive. There is an incredible amount of energy and passion around collaboration in this space. We are all learning, and improving, due to this.

The OpenChain Japan Work Group holds a special place in my heart. It was our first local work group and it is our largest, most successful local community activity. People from so many companies and situations join together, share their thoughts, and collaborate to make things better. It captures the heart of open source. I hope that you can experience some of this during our 25 day advent calendar.

(日本語訳)
OpenChainプロジェクトは、オープンソースコンプライアンスを実施するために必要な業界標準を定義しています。この業界標準は、組織にオープンソースコンプライアンスが定着することを、プロセス、ポリシー、トレーニングプログラムが存在することと定義しています。高いレベルで、この分野の数百の企業の数千の人々の知識を、明確で不明瞭さのない定義へと凝縮させています。このため、この定義はあらゆる市場の企業に適用できるものになっています。

OpenChain業界標準は、すべての市場のあらゆる規模の企業に適用できる必要があるため、プロセス、ポリシー、トレーニングプログラムの具体的な内容には触れません。しかしながら、我々には非常に活発で協力的なコミュニティがあり、有益な情報を相互に共有することができます。あらゆる種類の参考資料(網羅的なトレーニングプログラムや複数業種に適用できるポリシーなど)を、我々のWebサイトから入手することができます。

OpenChainプロジェクトのコミュニティは、まさに我々の最も貴重な財産とも言えるものでしょう。中国、インド、日本、韓国、台湾などにローカルワークグループがあります。また、OpenChain全体(グローバル)のメーリングリスト(ML)にも、プロジェクト全体のML、コンプライアンスの自動化ツールのML、自動車分野のMLが存在しています。各地域のワーキンググループや各トピックのメーリングリストを通じて行われるコラボレーションには、信じられないほどのエネルギーと情熱があります。このような「熱い」コラボレーションにより、私たちは皆、これにより新たな気付きを得、自ら改善することができるのです。

OpenChain Japan WGは私にとって特別なものです。我々OpenChainにとって初のローカルワークグループであり、かつ最も大きくかつ成功しているローカルコミュニティでもあります。多様な企業、異なる状況にあるメンバーが一緒に活動し、意見を交換しながらより良いものを目指して協力しています。これはオープンソースの精神そのものであると思います。このアドベントカレンダーの読者の方が25日間を通して我々の活動を体感していただければ嬉しく思います。

明日のテーマは・・・

明日のテーマは「Planningサブワークグループの紹介」です。
担当は、いつもワーキングの色々なタスクを率先してやって下さる、とっても優しい今田さんです。
では明日の記事をお楽しみに!!

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OpenChain プロジェクトおよび OpenChain Japan WG のご紹介

OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group – Activity Epics

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Legal Assessor Epic

A legal assessor might be a lawyer or a special trained person who cares about licenses which apply to applications that include OSS and/or other third party software.

Explore Their Epic

Software Architect Epic

This epic describes briefly the role, responsibilities, tasks and how the software architect interacts with the toolchain in order to accomplish his tasks in an efficient way.

Explore Their Epic

Software Developer Epic

This epic describes briefly the role, responsibilities, tasks and how the software developer interacts with the toolchain in order to accomplish his tasks in an efficient way.

Explore Their Epic

Compliance Assistant Epic

This epic describes briefly the role, responsibilities, tasks and how the compliance assistant interacts with the toolchain in order to accomplish his tasks in an efficient way.

Explore Their Epic

ECC Expert Epic

A ECC expert (export control and customs) might be a lawyer or a special trained person in export control regulations who cares about all export control classifications for applications which are delivered that include OSS and/or other third party software.

Explore Their Epic

Explore More Epics

The Work Group has created a range of further epics or use cases. These are living documents and your contribution is welcome alongside your use.

Get this guide and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

OpenChain Japan Work Group: Republishing the Advent Calendar

By News

During the December 2019 period the OpenChain Japan Work Group ran a series of articles covering OpenChain, their work, and what it means to companies. We will be republishing this calendar in Japanese on the main OpenChain blog over the coming weeks, and we hope to share some English translations after that.

Check Out The First Article

If you want to skip ahead, you can see the whole series here:

OpenChain Newsletter #35

By Monthly Newsletter, News

Newsletter – Issue 35 – March 2020

OpenChain Japan Work Group: Republishing the Advent Calendar

During the December 2019 period the OpenChain Japan Work Group ran a series of articles covering OpenChain, their work, and what it means to companies. We will be republishing this calendar in Japanese on the main OpenChain blog over the coming weeks, and we hope to share some English translations after that.

Check Out The First Article

If you want to skip ahead, you can see the whole series here:


OpenChain @ Translations

OpenChain @ GitHub

  • The OpenChain Project has a substantial presence on GitHub. We use our space to store core documents like the project charter and specification, our growing library of reference material under CC-0 licensing, and other material like our project image assets. This allows our global community to quickly access, share and improve all aspects of our work. Find out more:
    https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/03/23/openchain-on-github-march-2020

OpenChain @ Conformance

OpenChain @ Partners

OpenChain @ Work Groups

OpenChain @ Events

OpenChain @ In The News

MOXA ♥ OpenChain – The News in Chinese and Korean

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The recent news regarding MOXA’s decision to become an OpenChain Platinum Member has spread through Chinese and Korean language media. Naturally these are very important geographic and linguistic areas for us. We hope these stories will be useful for our community in discussions inside companies, with other companies, and with the broader technology community.

DigiTimes (Traditional Chinese)

Control Engineering China (Simplified Chinese)

ICN Web (Korean)

Webinar with GTC Law and FOSSID – Open Source Software and Code Snippets

By News

GTC Law and FOSSID, two official partners of the OpenChain Project, will host a webinar on March 26th 2020 at 9:30 am EST that covers open source software and code snippets: the benefits, the pratfalls, and how to use FOSSID tools to manage compliance and mitigate risks.

This webinar will dive into OpenChain and will explain the value proposition for businesses leveraging open source software in products or services.

Learn More

Register

AlektoMetis is the Latest Partner of the OpenChain Project

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The founders of AlektoMetis, Prof. Dr. Andreas Bärwald and Nicole Pappler have been closely connected to the OpenChain project for several years. After successfully creating and launching the OpenChain 3rd party certification during their time at the TÜV SÜD Group, they now continue to provide software centric consulting and assessment services with AlektoMetis.

“We are very happy to be a partner of the OpenChain project.” says Prof. Dr. Andreas Bärwald, CEO of AlektoMetis. “This will enable us to continue our longstanding successful partnership in our new professional home and to work with our customers and cooperation partners. Open Source related topics are of increasing importance for our customers. Considering that nowadays added value is implemented mainly by software, competence with respect to software becomes increasingly important to companies of all sizes and industries. Including open source licensed components allows companies to concentrate on the creation of value by their own intellectual property while relying on open source for standard tasks. This requires a suitable FOSS governance process in the companies. On the basis of OpenChain we can support our customers exactly here”.

“Building a trusted supply chain depends greatly on having trusted partners,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “We need to know that our fellow user companies have adopted or are adopting the key requirements of quality open source compliance programs. We need to know that there is reference material to help them in this process. Lastly, we need to know that there is strong support infrastructure to ensure they can get solid legal, professional and certification advice as needed. Nicole and Andreas have long had a substantial presence and contribution to the OpenChain Project on the latter point, and our new official partnership is another milestone in building out this international standard.”

“The OpenChain community is quite a welcoming and inspiring place and I’m really excited to be part of the OpenChain partner network, seeing it growing and looking for the time to come.” Says Nicole Pappler, AlektoMetis representative in the OpenChain project. “Both engineering, quality management and legal experts are working together to create guidance and clear criteria to enable the license compliant usage of and contribution to open source projects for every industry player, no matter what size and background. It will be my very pleasure to contribute to OpenChain to see the three pillars of OpenChain certification –  self certification, independent compliance assessment and 3rd party certification –  grow into a most useful policy in the supply and release chain.”

About AlektoMetis

AlektoMetis, founded in 2019, offers consulting and assessment services in the areas of functional safety, software quality and processes. The associated AlektoMetis Academy will offer extensive online and offline seminars starting in the second half of 2020. Nicole Pappler represents AlektoMetis in the open source working group of the German IT industry association Bitkom, where she is a member of the board. Furthermore AlektoMetis supports the German working group of the OpenChain project.

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Lex Pan Law and Opsequio are the Latest OpenChain Partners

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SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 24, 2020 – Today the OpenChain Project welcomes Lex Pan Law and Opsequio as our latest official partners. Lex Pan Law, a technology law firm based in the United States, has a long and deep background in intellectual property and free and open source licensing, as well as other associated corporate and business law issues like securing patent, copyright and trademark protection, IP portfolio strategy and development, strategic technology licensing, IP asset assessment and mergers & acquisition.  Opsqeuio (www.opsequ.io), a virtual open source program office (OSPO) services company also based in the United States, has a long background in setting up and running software provenance and open source compliance programs in high technology organizations, and its services are designed to provide consultation and coverage for small-to-medium-sized organizations not yet ready to set up their own internal OSPO, and supplemental support for larger companies which have an existing OSPO.  

Their partnership with the OpenChain Project marks another milestone in building out global support for user companies adopting our industry standard for open source compliance and provides a local resource for companies and organizations in the Pacific Northwest region of North America looking to adopt OpenChain practices or to become OpenChain conformant.

“OpenChain provides a wealth of resources for companies and organizations looking to adopt industry-leading practices around software compliance,” says McCoy Smith, Founding Attorney of Lex Pan Law and Founder of Opsequio. “As someone who has followed the development of OpenChain as a standard and as a community since its inception, I am thrilled for Lex Pan Law and Opsequio to become part of that community, and to help our clients and customers to take full advantage of everything OpenChain has to offer.”

“As OpenChain has seen increased adoption globally there has been a steady push for expanding the network of support available for user companies refining their compliance programs,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Our relationship with Lex Pan Law and Opsequio continues to bolster our position in both the North American and global market, particularly in the growing tech hubs in the Pacific Northwest, and it also formalizes our cooperative relationship in a manner aligned with the project’s strategic goals. I am looking forward to close collaboration with Lex Pan Law and Opsequio as we support our user companies in the global rollout of the OpenChain standard in the supply chain and the acceptance of OpenChain as an ISO standard later this year.”

About Lex Pan Law & Opsequio

Lex Pan Law (www.lexpan.law) is a full-service technology and intellectual property law firm, based in Portland, Oregon, USA, with over 35 years of experience in virtually every facet of technology and law, including extensive experience and community contacts in the free and open source licensing world (including software, hardware, and content). Opsequio (www.opsequ.io) offers virtual open source program office services, and has close to 20 years of experience in setting up, managing, and growing an open source program office in a multinational Fortune 50 technology company. Both organizations are led by McCoy Smith, a leading speaker and author on intellectual property issues and their intersection with free and open source licensing.  He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society (www.jolts.world).

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project builds trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent. The OpenChain Specification defines a core set of requirements every quality compliance program must satisfy. The OpenChain Curriculum provides the educational foundation for open source processes and solutions, whilst meeting a key requirement of the OpenChain Specification. OpenChain Conformance allows organizations to display their adherence to these requirements. The result is that open source license compliance becomes more predictable, understandable and efficient for participants of the software supply chain. More information can be found at www.openchainproject.org.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Media Contacts:

OpenChain Project

Shane Coughlan
+818040358083
scoughlan@linuxfoundation.org

Lex Pan Law & Opsequio

McCoy Smith
+15037998470
mccoy@linux.com
mccoy@lexpan.law