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.
From The Official Website:
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.
Submit a Talk
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.
Minutes Prepared By Steve Kilbane of Analog Devices
Expecting the Security Spec to graduate from ISO/IEC at end of July.
Shane has produced 8 case studies using ChatGPT.
Helio on “State of Tooling in Open Source Automation” (Helio can probably share his slides, if they’re not already on the LF platform)
Tools, Trends, Insights.
Previous trend was license compliance.
Current trend is security.
Few can consume SBOMs.
Lots of gaps for license compliance automation.
We need open data, avoiding control of that data by one entity.
Binary analysis will displace source-only scans.
I think this point here is that, current binary scans aren’t sufficient, but as we move up SLSA levels, we’ll have more attestations from the build, and those will be sufficient.
Poor data quality, especially vulnerability databases.
PURLs prevent vendor lock-in to a given DB.
We need unique identifiers for software.
We need to share the data of package review and curation, but need to overcome concerns from legal departments.
Should we share scanner output first? (ahead of curations?)
We should try to fix upstream (to have better compliance info / metadata)
Helio wants data to be standardised; I was unclear whether Helio was saying data should be centralised or de-centralised (sorry, Helio). I wasn’t clear whether the call was for a federated network of standard servers.
Licensing isn’t the same as security. Lots in common, but different use-cases, with different audiences, so have different docs to explain your systems and tools.
License compatibility: Multiple tools / matrices in use, but they’re all legally subjective and dependent on jurisdiction.
Snippet matching
V. expensive in terms of time (and, therefore, money)
Weirdly, Helio argued that Synopsys has given up on Snippet matching, as they’ve all but abandoned Protex. Hub has snippet-matching – we use it all the time at ADI.
Suggests that ChatGPT et al. will make snippet matching more relevant and useless, at the same time, because it’ll generate new boilerplate from everyone’s code.
Note to self: Look into MatchCode, which Helio mentioned.
SBOMs
Not good, don’t have all the data.
Often can’t read them anyway.
Tools do not integrate them well.
SBOMs need to be validated – but even a valid SBOM can contain junk data, if the data is wrong in the first place.
Collaboration opportunities
“Live inventory of FOSS tools and their capabilities” – which sounds like the capability map / tooling landscape the OpenChain Automation WG was working on last year.
Has a Supply Chain Management section, for third-party code.
Unclear how many of the features being mentioned are part of the OSS product, and how many are still internal-only for LG.
I didn’t spot where the clearing/curation decision feeds back into a later scan.
Sounds like developers can only upload single packages at a time to be scanned; bulk upload is an internal-only package at the moment.
Shane mentioned a cautionary tale on automation from a Chinese company. They asked their OSPO to set up Fossology and (some other tool I didn’t catch). The OSPO budgeted three hours to do the job. They spent a week on it, then gave up and bought Black Duck. So we have a way to go on making tooling easier to set up.
CARIAD, the wholly-owned division of VW Group creating advanced software for future vehicles, has joined the Governing Board of the OpenChain Project as a Platinum Member.
Helio Chissini de Castro, who will be representing CARIAD on the OpenChain Governing Board, is a familiar face to many in the OpenChain Project. He was previously our board member for BMW and is currently our co-chair of the Specification Work Group. As an old hand at Linux and other open technologies, Helio brings immense practical experience about open source and business management to the table.
About CARIAD
CARIAD is the software powerhouse of Volkswagen Group. Its mission: to bundle and further expand the software competencies of the Volkswagen Group. Mobility made easy. For everyone. Software driven. With a focus on the digital experience and automated driving, CARIAD is building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry. Aiming to create a new automotive experience and increase the innovation speed of Volkswagen Group to make the car a digital companion. The software-defined vehicle powered by CARIAD is a crucial contribution to the success of the Group’s NEW AUTO strategy.
The OpenChain Project is releasing the first draft case studies created by ChatGPT on our GitHub. These are not intended to replace our community contributions, but to make it fast for people to add ideas and adjustments. This will specifically address one of the greatest challenges in creating new material: the initial time spent for drafting.
Why?
Our community feedback shows that people usually enjoy commenting and polishing more than drafting. Check them out and let us know what you think!
LG Electronics (LG) now has an OpenChain Security Assurance Specification 1.1 (ISO/IEC DIS 18974) conformant program. This standard defines the key requirements of a quality open source security assurance program, and helps to both reduce errors and increase efficiency across the global supply chain. This builds on their previous adoption of ISO/IEC 5230, the International Standard for open source license compliance.
“LG Electronics has a long history in open source and a well-known open source office,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Their governance contributions like the FOSSLight tooling to help other companies has been an inspiration in South Korea and beyond. The conformance announcement today comes from the LG Cybersecurity Governance Team and underscores a company-wide commitment to excellence. As LG joins BlackBerry and Interneuron in driving the future of open source security assurance, we both welcome this announcement, and look forward to close collaboration in the future.”
Adoption of ISO/IEC DIS 18974 was driven by the LG Cybersecurity Governance Team. They are responsible for:
Establishing LG’s software development process (LG-SDL: Secure Development Lifecycle) to develop secure software for all LG Electronics products
Reflecting the latest Global Standards (ETSI, ENISA, NIST, etc.) and adapting them for the LG development ecosystem
Operating LG VulDOC (Vulnerability Detection Of Code) DevSecOps to Identify and resolve potential security vulnerabilities through various software verification methods
Managing the LG Product Security Response Team (PSRT) to minimize security damage to our customers through authentic communication with security registrants and external stakeholders
Managing Third-Party developed software supply chain risk management
About LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a global innovator in technology and consumer electronics with a presence in almost every country and an international workforce of more than 74,000. LG’s four companies – Home Appliance & Air Solution, Home Entertainment, Vehicle component Solutions and Business Solutions – combined for global revenue of over KRW 80 trillion in 2022. LG is a leading manufacturer of consumer and commercial products ranging from TVs, home appliances, air solutions, monitors, service robots, automotive components and its premium LG SIGNATURE and intelligent LG ThinQ brands are familiar names world over.
About the OpenChain Project
The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance and the de-facto standard for open source security assurance. These allow companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of quality open source compliance or security assurance programs. They are open standards. All parties are welcome to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standards.
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.
ByteDance, a leading social media company, and the innovator behind TikTok, has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program. Their adoption of the international standard for open source license compliance underlines their commitment to engagement and excellence around open source projects, platforms and solutions.
“We are delighted to welcome ByteDance to the OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 community of conformance,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Their team has created social networks with stunning speed of scaling in Douyin (抖音) and TikTok. This innovation has been powered by open source, and their work around building an Open Source Program Office (OSPO), communicating their work, and now using international standards speaks to a bright future. We are looking forward to next steps in our collaboration.”
Read Their Full Announcement In Simplified Chinese
ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a team led by Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang, who saw opportunities in the then-nascent mobile internet market, and aspired to build platforms that could enrich people’s lives. The company launched Toutiao, one of its flagship products, in August 2012. It followed that success with the launch of Douyin in September 2016. Approximately a year later, ByteDance accelerated globalization with the launch of its global short video product, TikTok. It quickly took off in markets like Southeast Asia, signaling a new opportunity for the company. ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in November 2017 and subsequently merged it with TikTok. Today, the TikTok platform, which is available outside of China, has become the leading destination for short-form mobile videos worldwide.
In support of its mission to Inspire Creativity and Enrich Life, ByteDance has made it easy and fun for people to connect with, create and consume content. People are also able to discover and transact with a suite of more than a dozen products and services such as TikTok, CapCut, TikTok Shop, Lark, Pico and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, as well as products and services specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, Fanqie, Xigua, Feishu and Douyin E-commerce.
ByteDance has over 150,000 employees based out of nearly 120 cities globally, including Austin, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Tokyo.
About the OpenChain Project
The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance and the de-facto standard for open source security assurance. These allow companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of quality open source compliance or security assurance programs. They are open standards. All parties are welcome to engage with our community, to share their knowledge, and to contribute to the future of our standards.
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.
As a subsidiary of SAIC Group, SAIC Z-ONE Technology Co., Ltd always adheres to the research and development of smart car technology, provides customers with trustworthy and competitive solutions, products and services with an open and flexible cooperation model, and provides full life-cycle operation and maintenance upgrade services to empower customers to quickly build smart cars with differentiation capability, full-scene and ultimate experience.
SAIC is the leading automotive company in China in terms of scale, and as of 2022, SAIC has been the No. 1 in China in vehicle sales for 17 consecutive years.
Achieving ISO/IEC 5230 certification will help ensure that SAIC Z-ONE has a high-quality open source compliance program and requirements in place to effectively and efficiently use open source software in its supply chain and to align with high-quality global open source license compliance management practices.
“The announcement by SAIC Z-ONE provides an exceptional example of the evolving automotive industry,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Cars are key outcomes of the software supply chain, and global leaders like SAIC have a clear, strategic vision for the future. Their engagement and their experience will help drive an improved ecosystem for the benefit of customers around the world.”
China Mobile (Suzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd. announced an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program at the recent OSCAR Open Source Supply Chain Salon (OSCAR开源供应链沙龙) co-hosted by CAICT and the OpenChain Project. The ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program was third-party certified by CAICT.
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. announced an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program at the recent OSCAR Open Source Supply Chain Salon (OSCAR开源供应链沙龙) co-hosted by CAICT and the OpenChain Project. The ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program was third-party certified by CAICT.
Our annual OpenChain Industry Survey covers a big topic: the global status of corporate engagement and management of open source. It focuses on a ‘strategy’ perspective rather than a ‘development’ perspective. Our goal is to help inform corporate project, product and supply chain decisions in the year ahead.
Your help in creating a snapshot of the current market is deeply appreciated. This will allow us to understand where to direct community resources and energy throughout 2023. We will post the results in May.
The English version of the OpenChain Industry Survey 2023 is based off the Japanese original. Kudos to everyone in the OpenChain Japan Work Group, especially Owada San and Fukuchi San!
