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。
SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 27, 2020 – The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Osborne Clarke is our latest partner organization. Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with offices situated around Europe, Asia and the USA with a strong focus on technology law.
The deep IT sector knowledge of Osborne Clarke comes from acting for an impressive client base comprising the great and the good in global technology, which exposes the firm to fresh ideas and new operating models ahead of the competition. Osborne Clarke has more than ten years of experience in providing comprehensive legal and technical advice on open source software and offers solutions in the area of open source compliance and contributions. Having developed a legal tech solution for evaluating and handling the legal aspects of open source licenses, Osborne Clarke helps companies to comply with legal open source license requirements, from startups to stock exchange-listed groups, as streamlined and efficiently as possible.
The OpenChain standard defines inflection points in business workflows where a compliance process, policy or training should exist to minimize the potential for errors and maximize the efficiency of bringing solutions to market. The companies involved in the OpenChain community number in the hundreds. The OpenChain standard is being prepared for submission to ISO and evolution from de facto into a formal standard this year.
“In the recent past, OpenChain has evolved as a de facto standard in the field of open source license compliance,” says Dr. Hendrik Schöttle, Partner at Osborne Clarke in Germany. “Being involved in open source compliance on a daily basis, joining OpenChain was the logical consequence for Osborne Clarke. We hope to contribute and to push forward the great and valuable efforts of OpenChain for compliance standardization.”
“The OpenChain Project has a strong emphasis on ensuring the support infrastructure for adoption is as comprehensive as possible as we transition from a de facto to formal standard via the ISO process,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager.“ Hendrik Schöttle and the team at Osborne Clarke have exceptional knowledge in this field and provide us with a substantial increase in coverage and knowledge throughout the OpenChain Partner Program.”
About Osborne Clarke
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 270 Partners and more than 900 talented lawyers in 26 locations. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it’s fundamental to our success.
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.
The OpenChain Project has launched a series of bi-weekly free webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events. We hold our third meeting on Monday the 4th of May at 9am Pacific with four guest speakers.
Tobie Langel will speak 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 will provide 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 will span:
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 will present a due diligence questionnaire and sample warranties based on the the OpenChain specification, and will explain 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.
Each talk will run for 10~15 minutes and there will be plenty of time for questions, comments and suggestions. As with all OpenChain Project activities, our goal is to facilitate knowledge-sharing between peers.
Everyone is invited to join this free webinar via zoom. It will also be recorded and made available later on our website.
This webinar is about the current Chinese market and it also provides an update on what Facebook is doing around open source governance and licensing.
Our Presenters
Maggie Wang spoke about OpenChain in China. Maggie’s background ranges from working as an in-house at Huawei to acting as the China representative for Ladas and Parry. Her unique experience in-house and as outside counsel positions her perfectly to help contextualize where we are with regards compliance, standardization and business reality in one of our most important markets.
Michael Cheng spoke about OpenChain at Facebook, a topic that ranges from adoption activity and broader leadership in the compliance space by the company. His perspective will provide added value given the simultaneous decision by Facebook, Google and Uber to join OpenChain as Platinum Members in late 2018, and plenty of runway for our audience to ask questions about real-life lessons learned.
The OpenChain Japan Work Group will host an online meeting on the 23rd of April. This meeting will feature reports from six of the sub-groups and will have plenty of time for questions or comments. This meeting will be held in the Japanese language and is open to everyone.
SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 20, 2020 – The OpenChain
Project is excited to announce OSS Engineering Consultants (OSSEC) as our
latest partner organization. A consulting firm based in North America, OSSEC
provides a unique and proven solution for managing OSS use for organizations
with complex software supply chains.
OSSEC (www.ossengineeringconsultants.com) focuses on helping organizations looking to implement an
efficient and holistic governance structure to empower developers and promote
collaboration. OSSEC’s goal is to improve developers’ efficiencies and
productivity within the organization by building a thorough and compliant OSS
process, all while managing risk.
Prior to starting OSS Engineering Consultants
(OSSEC), Russ Eling spent over 20 years in several engineering and systems
engineering roles at General Motors, one of the largest automotive OEMs in the
world. Russ developed a successful OSS program at General Motors in 2013, which
is now regarded as the most comprehensive program in the automotive industry.
He designed and implemented a process and system for managing OSS use and
compliance in every GM vehicle across the globe. This process is still in use
today.
“The automotive industry has one of the most intricate
and complex supply chains in existence,” says Russ Eling, CEO and Founder,
“Despite these challenges, we were able to implement a simplified process and
unified system to bring it all together. We developed a method that simplifies
complexities and mitigates risk, and we look forward to helping other
organizations that face similar challenges, regardless of their industry.”
“The key to successful deployment in complex industries like automotive is having great processes in place,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “The creation and implementation of these processes requires standards such as OpenChain to provide a framework, as well as the institutional knowledge and experience of parties in that field. Russ is tremendously experienced in compliance process management and we will be working closely with him in ensuring companies and suppliers of all sizes can effectively engage with our industry standard for compliance.”
About OSS Engineering Consultants
OSS Engineering Consultants (www.ossengineeringconsultants.com) is a global consulting firm providing flexible end-to-end OSS
system ideation, implementation, and execution solutions. Based just outside of
Detroit, MI, USA, OSSEC has over 20 years of successful experience in
automotive engineering, including extensive experience and community contacts
in the open source compliance industry.
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 .
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 .
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks
and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please
see our trademark usage page: .
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.