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AVL List GmbH has announced an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program.

About AVL

AVL is a world-leading technology company specialising in development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry and other sectors such as rail, marine and energy. Through extensive research, AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for sustainable, safe and advanced mobility and beyond.

AVL supports international partners and customers in sustainable and digital transformation, with a focus on electrification, software, AI and automation. AVL also supports companies in energy-intensive sectors on their way to green and efficient energy generation and supply.

For more information: www.avl.com

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of South Korea (ETRI) has announced recertification of their ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program. Learn about their original ISO/IEC 5230 conformance on our previous blog post.

ETRI is a global information and communication technology (ICT) research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT. It has led the growth of the information and communication industry in Korea for 45 years. The research institute is working to realize the concept of ‘Korea, an AI powerhouse’ with a vision of “a national intelligence research institute that creates a future society.” ETRI has been conducting open source verification as a software quality management since 2008, and established the Open Source Center as an enterprise-wide organization to support open source R&D activities, governance and compliance in 2017.

“We are delighted to have ETRI underscore their commitment to our standardization approach and the development of a more trusted open source supply chain,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “We will continue to work together in Korea and beyond to help educate, inform and inspire others in our field.”

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Honda is the latest company to join the OpenChain Project as a Platinum Member and to take a seat at the Governing Board and Steering Committee. This builds on their engagement with the OpenChain Project in adopting ISO/IEC 5230 and ISO/IEC 18974.

“Joining the OpenChain Project board is an example of how Honda takes a leadership position in managing open source,” says Yuichi Kusakabe, IVI software PF and OSPO Tech Lead at Honda. 

“Honda is an exceptional company in the management of large, complex supply chains,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Today’s announcement underlines their commitment to developing excellence in open source, and in building trusted supply chains. The OpenChain Project Governing Board is delighted to formally welcome them, and looks forward to doing great things together in 2025.”

About Honda

Honda is a mobility company powered by everyone’s dreams, creating mobility that helps and inspires people, in a wide range of fields such including motorcycles, automobiles, power products and aircraft.

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

UnionTech Software – known for Deepin Linux – has announced an ISO/IEC 18974 conformant program.

About UnionTech Software

UnionTech Software is a research and development leader in the operating system
industry in China, ranking among the top tier in terms of market share and
ecological maturity. It has a focus on technical accumulation in research and development,
internationalization, industry customization, migration and adaptation, and
interactive design. UnionTech Software has established a diverse range of operating system product lines, including desktops, servers, intelligent terminals, and more. Over 6 million installations of UOS operating systems have been deployed in key sectors across 40,000 customers.

Learn More About UnionTech Software

• https://uos.uniontech.com/About.html

HLB Surlatina Chile, a firm established in 1971 and with 50 years of experience in the Chilean market, has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program.

About HLB Surlatina Chile:

HLB Surlatina Chile is part of HLB International, a global audit and advisory organization headquartered in London, and has a long-standing history of advising clients and priding itself on being an organization based on values, committed to delivering the highest quality standards. HLB International employees over 30 thousand professionals in 160 countries from across the world to help clients grow across borders.

Visit Their Website:

• https://surlatinati.cl

“It is a pleasure to list HARMAN International in our community of conformance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Their alignment with ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance, underscores their commitment to excellence in the use and deployment of open source software. We deeply appreciate their work, and listing them in the OpenChain Community of Conformance.”

About HARMAN

HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Fujitsu, an OpenChain Platinum Member since 2019, and the first organization to publicly attain four OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 or equivalent conformant programs, has announced an ISO/IEC 18974 conformant program. Adoption of ISO/IEC 18974, the international standard for open source security assurance, underlines their commitment to leadership in open source governance and management.

“Fujitsu has been a key long-term contributor to the OpenChain Project,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Their adoption of ISO/IEC 18974 is an important milestone in the market adoption of the international standard for open source security assurance, and will have a positive impact across the open source supply chain in Asia and globally.”

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100 countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.7 trillion yen (US$26 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com.

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Osaka, Japan, October 17, 2024 – Honda, a global leader in the manufacturing of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, today announces an OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 conformant program. By adopting the international standard for open source security assurance, Honda builds on their December 2023 adoption of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020, a previous milestone in the use of the international standard for open source license compliance. Honda continues to drive long-term, sustainable innovation around the next generation of technologies.

“Honda has a remarkable position as the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer and the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “By adoption of both ISO/IEC 5230 and ISO/IEC 18974 in the last twelve months, Honda has underlined its position as a thought leader in the domain of open source. A trusted supply chain is critical, and we are fortunate to have companies like Honda driving lasting change.”

About Honda

Honda is a mobility company powered by everyone’s dreams, creating mobility that helps and inspires people, in a wide range of fields such including motorcycles, automobiles, power products and aircraft.

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Osaka NDS, a company providing business integration, software and hardware research, development and manufacturing (and other services) has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 conformant program.

“A key aspect of the OpenChain mission is engagement and adoption of our ISO standards in the supply chain,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Osaka NDS – as a leading company in the Japanese supply chain – is an excellent example of the type of care, leadership and sustainability towards practical open source deployment that can inspire others. We welcome their adoption of ISO/IEC 5230 and looking forward to working closely together in the future.”

About Osaka NDS

・Company name: Osaka NDS Co., Ltd.
・Head office location: Sumitomo Life OBP Plaza Building 8F, 1-4-70 Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture 540-0001
・President: Takeshi Hirayama
・Establed: July 1993
・Capital: 30 million yen
・Contact: TEL .06-6945-6800 FAX .06-6945-6801
・Business contents: Integration business, software and hardware-related research and development, manufacturing, sales, development commissioning and dispatch of engineers for computer and peripheral equipment

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Korea Telecom (KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications operator, has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 Conformant Program. With 50,000 employees group-wide, KT has a long history in open source engagement, and has operated a dedicated team for its management since 2012.

KT’s decision to adopt OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 continues their strategic interest in aligning with international standards for managing the supply chain, and builds on their previous adoption of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 for open source license compliance. [See note 1 below]

The adoption of OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 further enhances KT’s contribution to open source security and enable them to take a more proactive and systematic approach to open source security activities.

“Today’s announcement is another milestone for both KT and the OpenChain Project,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “KT has demonstrated continued leadership in open source best practices with certification to OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, and their activity coincides with deeper telecommunication adoption of OpenChain standards in recent months. Great credit is due to the open source and the management team of KT for driving this forward, and for the inspiration it provides to many other companies in the ecosystem.”

About KT Corporation (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT)

KT Corp., Korea’s largest telecommunications service provider, is leading the new era of innovations in one of the world’s most connected countries with 5G, Big Data, Cloud, IoT, Blockchain and other transformative technologies. KT launched the world’s first nationwide commercial 5G network in April 2019, after showcasing the first trial 5G services at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in February 2018. To help cope with COVID-19, KT is staging a social campaign, dubbed “Ma-Eum:TACT (Heart to Heart),” providing technology supports for people and businesses in need. KT will deliver most essential and innovative services and solutions to its customers around the world as the first frontier in the next technology revolution and number one Global ICT Company.

About the OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project has an extensive global community of over 1,000 companies collaborating to make the supply chain quicker, more effective and more efficient. It maintains OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs and OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974, the industry standard for open source security assurance programs

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world’s infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Notes

[1] KT’s announcement of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 adoption in November 2023: https://openchainproject.org/featured/2023/11/07/korea-telecom-kt-announces-an-openchain-iso-iec-5230-conformant-program