Today the OpenChain Project releases a new way for organizations to show their use of our license compliance and security assurance standards. If you use ISO/IEC 5230, ISO/IEC DIS 18974, OpenChain License Compliance 2.1 or OpenChain Security Assurance 1.1 you can fill out a simple form and get an official conformance badge.
This form is safe, secure and private. You decide if we list you on our website or not. Of course, we hope to display more and more examples of adoption over time.
안녕하세요 여러분! 라인의 이서연입니다.
어제는 잘 들어가셨나요~?
조금 더웠던 날씨에도 불구하고 모두들 에너지 넘치게 모임에 참석해주셔서 덕분에 이번에도 알찬 시간을 보낼 수 있었습니다.
발표 준비에 수고해주신 발표자 여러분, 그리고 장소 준비에 힘써주신 카카오 크루 여러분께 다시 한 번 감사의 말씀 전합니다.
어제 말씀드렸던 행사 피드백 설문조사를 보내드립니다. 아주 짧은 내용이오니 꼭 의견 보내주시면 다음 모임에 반영하도록 하겠습니다.
추가로 그룹토의 활동 결과물도 보내드립니다.
The 52nd OpenChain Webinar will cover a proposal from the Okinawa Open Labs in Japan to help “label” items in the supply chain to increase trust.
Our presenter will be MASANORI TSUJIKAWA (辻川公章) from Alaxala.
Our topic will be the Trusted Network Introduction – Eco-system based Open Trust Chaining over existing value-chain and supply-chain.
Everyone can join from this link:
https://zoom.us/j/4377592799
The next meeting of the OpenChain Automotive Work Group is scheduled for June 14th at 08:00 Central, 09:00 Eastern, 13:00 UTC, 15:00 CEST, 21:00 CST and 22:00 JST.
Schedules permitting, we will be having case studies from North American and Asian automotive experts. We want to have a particular focus on the practical aspects of managing open source in large manufacturers with complex automotive supply chains.
Our agenda will be lead by our Chair, Masato Endo of Toyota in Japan, and Russ Eling of OSS Consultants in the USA. As usual, this will be a live event, and everyone is free to join.
Wednesday (2023-06-14) @ 09:00 Eastern, 13:00 UTC, 15:00 CEST, 21:00 CST and 22:00 JST
NORDEMANN, a law firm based in Germany, is the latest official OpenChain Partner. Based in Berlin, NORDEMANN combines a team with a long pedigree of legal provision with a clear, modern vision for making the complex simple.
“NORDEMANN as an IP/IT boutique law firm from Germany is committed to excellence in its work for its clients, such as IT companies and other industries using open source and contributing to such projects”, says founding partner Christian Czychowski, Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam. “We are happy to now underline such excellence by having been accepted as partner of the renown OpenChain industry standard for open source compliance. By that can be part of this great community around the globe that sets the rules which help to build the all important trust in supply chains.”
“We are delighted to welcome the NORDEMANN team to the our official partner program,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “The availability of reputable legal advice is a key pillar in the effective market growth of our standards for open source license compliance and security assurance. The delivery of more choice in the German market marks a further milestone in the maturity of the OpenChain ecosystem.”
The OpenChain Legal Work Group is exploring model provisions for OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 or ISO/IEC DIS 18974 in procurement contracts and similar material. We decided to proceed via mirroring the format of the pre-existing public domain Risk Grid:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/tree/master/General-Compliance-Support-Material/Risk-Grid
Currently scheduled for June 29th at 09:00 PDT / 16:00 UTC / 18:00 CEST / 00:00 CST / 01:00 KST + JST
Join our mailing list to track our work and contribute to the development of the model provisions:
https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/legal-wg
The goal is to ensure people can understand options. We will not be prescriptive and these model provisions will remain part of the OpenChain reference material. They will not be included in the standards themselves.
The OpenChain Project, in collaboration with CAICT, SecTrend and Huawei, will host a governance conference in Shenzhen on the 3rd of June. We have a stellar schedule that will cover all aspects of open source management and processes. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, will be there to provide a global perspective, and our local speakers will provide deep insight into matters of key strategic concern to the Chinese market.
Jimmy Ahlberg (OpenChain Chairperson) and Eleftheria Stefanaki have published an article entitled ‘Efficient IP management in a market increasingly using open source’ on IAM.
Imagine finding out that 90% of the software in your products is not yours but only licensed in as third-party IP. As soon as you start reading the agreements, you realise some of them contain terms you are not familiar with or have never even heard of before, such as “source code”, “binary”, “object code”, and “system libraries”. Moreover, you cannot find basic contractual provisions such as “governing law” or “jurisdiction” in the agreements. These agreements (and there are hundreds of them) are all different, non-negotiable, ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ standard template licences.
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Against this background, this article describes the significance of open source management in the context of IP management. We would like to introduce you to the OpenChain Specification 2.1 (ISO/IEC 5230:2020) on open source licence compliance, and the benefits of implementing such a programme within the framework of your existing IP management.
Registration required.
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The Open Compliance Summit (OCS) 2023 has been announced. It will once again be co-located with OSS Japan as a two day event. It takes place on the 7th and 8th December 2023.
OCS is an event for Linux Foundation members and select invitees to discuss process management and automation related to open source license compliance, security assurance and adjacent subjects. This is the world’s foremost venue to discuss and network around these topics. Our goal is to ensure the global supply chain works effectively and efficiently.
The Call for Papers is open and will continue until October 1st 2023.
The OpenChain Project held a mini-summit adjacent to the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America. Check out our opening keynote for some substantial data points on our project, our standards for license compliance and security assurance, and the type of support you can get with adoption.
We continued with a presentation from our board member Helio (CARIAD), with a strong focus on how people can use automation in the practical implementation of important compliance and security processes at scale.
The final presentation drilled further down the stack, and we had a great contribution from the LG Electronics team as their explained FOSSLight, an open source tool for open source compliance or security management with sophisticated dashboard and automation. This solution is gaining traction in South Korea and is well worth attention globally.
The overarching event this year had around 2,000 physical attendees and 2,000 virtual, and we were delighted to welcome some new faces to our corner of the open source community. It was also a pleasure to see many familiar faces in the room.
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