The OpenChain Project was introduced by Shane Coughlan, General Manager at the latest NTIA Software Bill of Materials Framing Group meeting. The OpenChain industry standard provides a framework for companies to implement efficient compliance activities, including identification on ingest and export, using manual or automated approaches. Software bill of materials play a large part in optimizing this space, especially in the supply chain.
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In this webinar Tobie Langel spoke about ‘Open Source Contribution Policies That Don’t Suck.’ Leon Schwartz and Tony Decicco from GTC Law provided an overview of open source-related topics in the context of mergers, acquisitions, financings, investments, IPOs, divestitures, loans, customer license agreements, rep and warranty insurance and other transactions. Andrew Katz presented a due diligence questionnaire and sample warranties based on the the OpenChain specification.
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Tobie Langel spoke about ‘Open Source Contribution Policies That Don’t Suck.’ In his own words: Open source contribution policies are long, boring, overlooked documents, that generally suck. They’re designed to protect the company at all costs. But in the process, end up hurting engineering productivity, and morale. Sometimes they even unknowingly put corporate IP at risk. But that’s not inevitable. It’s possible to write open source contribution policies that make engineers lives easier, boost morale and productivity, reduce attrition, and attract new talent. And it’s possible to do so while reducing the company’s IP risk, not increasing it.
Leon Schwartz and Tony Decicco from GTC Law provided an overview of open source-related topics in the context of mergers, acquisitions, financings, investments, IPOs, divestitures, loans, customer license agreements, rep and warranty insurance and other transactions. This covered:
Types of open source risk
Open source due diligence as part of transactions
Open source-related terms in agreements
The strategic use of open source in transactions
Andrew Katz presented a due diligence questionnaire and sample warranties based on the the OpenChain specification, and explained how adoption of this framework will drive further adoption of the standard. This builds on the observation that the OpenChain specification provides a great framework for due diligence and share purchase agreement warranties, even where the target is a software company which is not OpenChain compliant.
We have had some great feedback on the procurement document. Before we head into release I want to put out a final call for comments and suggestions. We close this and move towards release May 7th Close of Business Pacific.
(Japan WG Tooling Sub WGという名前は長いので、この記事ではTSWGとします) OpenChain Japan WGでは、さまざまな活動が行われていますが、TSWGの目的は、OSSコンプライアンスのための活用できるツールの情報を「(できるだけ)日本語で紹介」して「ツールを使いたい人のハードルが下がると良いな」という気持ちで活動しているWGです。2019年3月から活動しています。
直近では、12月19日(木)に第6回Tooling SWG F2Fミーティングが開催されます。さらに翌日の12月20日(金)もTSWGとは名付けていませんが、ツールに関するイベントを開催します。両日ともに、FossologyとSW360のメンテナー、Michael C. Jaeger氏を招いて講演いただきます。詳細は、下記の通りです。