Monthly Newsletter

​ Newsletter – Issue 66 – May 2024

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• Socionext Completes Recertification of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020

Outreach

• OpenChain @ LF Japan Executive Briefing
• OpenChain @ AI Open Innovation Day 2024
• OpenChain @ FINOS Members Meeting (Additional Recording)
• OpenChain Supply Chain Security & Compliance Workshop in Shenzhen – 2024-05-31

Webinars

• OpenChain Webinar: AboutCode and Beyond – End-to-End SCA
• Webinar – OFE Briefing on the EU AI Act

Meetings

Our community released the following meeting recordings via our main channel:

• OpenChain Education Work Group – Monthly Meeting – 2024-05-01
• OpenChain Telco Work Group Meetings – 2024-05-02
• OpenChain Monthly North America – Europe Call – 2024-05-07
• OpenChain AI Study Group – Monthly Workshop for North America and Europe – 2024-05-07
• OpenChain AI Study Group Call – Asia Sync Call – 2024-05-09
• OpenChain Monthly North America – Asia Call – 2024-05-21

Note: Some community meetings are not recorded or are released through other channels

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​ Newsletter – Issue 65 – April 2024

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• Volvo Cars Announces An OpenChain Conformant Program
• emlix Announces An OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program

Outreach

• OpenChain @ Open Source Summit North America

Webinars

• OpenChain Webinar: Eclipse Apoapsis
• Webinar: LF Management & Best Practices Portal
• Webinar: OFE Briefing on the Cyber Resilience Act

Meetings

Our community released the following meeting recordings via our main channel:

• OpenChain Monthly North America – Europe Call – 2024-04-02
• OpenChain AI Study Group – Monthly Workshop for North America and Europe – 2024-04-02
• OpenChain Telco Work Group Meetings – 2024-04-04
• OpenChain Education Work Group Monthly Meeting – 2024-04-10
• OpenChain AI Study Group – Europe and Asia Recap – 2024-04-11
• OpenChain Monthly North America – Asia Call – 2024-04-16

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​ Newsletter – Issue 64 – March 2024

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• KOSYAS is the first Official Third-Party Certifier in South Korea
• BlackBerry: Three-Way Case Study – The use of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 by a company providing mission-critical services to enterprise clients around the world

Outreach

• OpenChain Deep Dive – Supply Chain Best Practices in China using ISO 5230 and ISO 18974

Webinars

• Webinar: SCANOSS Export Control
• Webinar: Understanding GitHub Copilot
• Webinar: Universal CVSS Calculator

Meetings

Our community released the following meeting recordings via our main channel:

• OpenChain AI Study Group Call (Europe and Asia) 2024-02-29
• OpenChain Monthly North America and Europe Call – 2024-03-05
• OpenChain Education Work Group Meeting – 2024-03-05
• Outcomes of the Special OpenChain AI Workshop – 2024-03-06
• OpenChain Telco Work Group Meeting (European Morning) – 2024-03-07
• OpenChain AI Study Group Call (Europe and Asia) – 2024-03-14
• OpenChain Monthly North America – Asia Call – 2024-03-19

Note: Some community meetings are not recorded or released through other channels

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​ Newsletter – Issue 63 – February 2024

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• BlackBerry Recertification of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 and ISO/IEC 18974:2023
• Circle Announces an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program

Outreach

• No external events this month

Webinars

• Webinar: A New Open Source Graphical Interface For Tooling
• Webinar: How The Graphical Interface Can Help With Using Open Source Review Toolkit (ORT)
• Webinar: How The Graphical Interface Can Help With Using TERN
• Webinar: SBOMs in a Virtual Supply Chain
• Webinar: Digging Further Into SBOMs and the Supply Chain
• Webinar: VulnerableCode technical deep dive into VulnTotal
• Webinar: Curating FOSS license information for the OSSelot database
• Webinar: SPDX 3.1 – Services Profile Overview
• Webinar: FOSS License Management – meta-osselot for OSSelot-Data in OpenEmbedded
• Webinar: FOSDEM 2024 Recap

Meetings

Our community released the following meeting recordings via our main channel:

• OpenChain AI Study Group (Europe / Asia) 2024-02-01
• OpenChain AI Study Group (North America / Europe) 2024-02-06
• OpenChain Monthly North America / Europe Call – 2024-02-06
• OpenChain Export Control Work Group Meeting – 2024-02-08
• OpenChain Education Work Group Meeting 2024-02-08
• OpenChain AI Study Group – North America and Europe – 2024-02-20
• OpenChain Monthly North America and Asia Meeting – 2024-02-20
• Education Work Group Meeting – 2024-02-27

Note: Some community meetings are not recorded or are released through other channels

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​ Newsletter – Issue 62 – January 2024

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

The OpenChain Project in 2023 – Annual Report

The OpenChain Project in 2024 – Where We Go Next

• Dave Marr Announced as OpenChain Chair Emeritus
• Software Security Technology Co., Ltd. announces an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program
• Shanghai Development Center of Computer Software Technology Software Engineering Institute announces an ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program
• China Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (CIC) officially adds OpenChain Third-Party Certification to their Partnership

Outreach

• OpenChain @ FinTech Sub-Forum of Shanghai Open Source Summit

Webinars

• Webinar: FOSS License Management through aliens4friends in Eclipse Oniro

Meetings

Our community released the following meeting recordings via our main channel:

• OpenChain Monthly North America / Europe Call – January 2024 (2024-01-09)
• OpenChain Export Control Work Group 2024-01-09
• OpenChain Telco Work Group – Morning Meeting – 2024-01-11
• OpenChain Telco Work Group – Afternoon Meeting – 2024-01-11
• OpenChain Monthly North America / Asia Call – January 2024 (2024-01-16)
• OpenChain Legal Work Group – 2024-01-17
• OpenChain AI Study Group – Kick-Off Call – 2024-01-23

Note: Some community meetings are not recorded or are released through other channels

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​ Newsletter – Issue 61 – December 2023

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

OpenChain Welcomes ISO/IEC 18974:2023
The International Standard For Open Source Security Assurance

• Honda Announces an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program
• CIC is the latest Official OpenChain Partner

Outreach

• OpenChain – Special Strategic – Licensing, Security and Export Control Compliance Workshop 2023
• OpenChain @ 52nd CHIZAI (IP) Seminar

Webinars

• Webinar: The Open Source Initiative

Meetings

Our community held the following meetings:

• OpenChain Export Control Work Group – 2023-12-05
• OpenChain Governing Board and Steering Committee Meeting 2023-12-06
• AI Study Group Planning Call 2023-12-13
• OpenChain Education Work Group 2023-12-14
• OpenChain Monthly Community Call North America / Asia – 2023-12-19

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​ Newsletter – Issue 60 – November 2023

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• Korea Telecom (KT) Announces an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program
• KakaoBank Announces an ISO/IEC 18974 Conformant Program
• Vectoverse LTD Announces OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program
• LSware Announces An OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program

Outreach

• OpenChain @ FOSSLight Community Day 2023-11-30

Webinars

• No recording released this month.

Meetings

Our community held the following meetings:

• OpenChain North America – Europe Call – 2023-11-07
• OpenChain Export Control Work Group 2023-11-07
• OpenChain Education Work Group Call – 2023-11-09
• OpenChain Monthly North America and Asia Call – 2023-11-21
• OpenChain UK Work Group Meeting – 2023-11-28

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​ Newsletter – Issue 59 – October 2023

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• Bobble AI has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program

Outreach

• OpenChain October – A Video Project
• OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting #29 (Hybrid #4) – 2023-10-05 @ SocioNext in Kyoto
• OpenChain Open Source Seminar China – 2023-10-16

Webinars

• None this month.

Meetings

Our community held the following meetings:

• OpenChain Monthly Meeting North America and Europe – 2023-10-03
• OpenChain Export Control Work Group 2023-10-03
• OpenChain Automation Work Group – 2023-10-04
• OpenChain Telco Work Group – 2023-10-05
• OpenChain Monthly Meeting North America and Asia – 2023-10-17

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​ Newsletter – Issue 58 – September 2023

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

• Suzhou PrismAurora Information Technology is Our Latest Official Tooling Partner
• LR29 is the latest Official OpenChain Partner

Outreach

• External Case Study: Implementing the OpenChain Specification
• Shane Coughlan – Ending Keynote at Bitkom Forum Open Source 2023-09-28 – Recording

Webinars

• OpenChain Webinar #56: Generative AI and Your Code

Meetings

Our community held the following meetings:

• OpenChain Monthly Meeting – 2023-09-05
• OpenChain Mini-Summit 2023-09-21

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​ Newsletter – Issue 57 – August 2023

The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.

Headline News

In Memory Of Ueda San

• Canopus is the latest organization to adopt the OpenChain Security Assurance Standard
• Revenera Announces ISO/IEC DIS 18974 Adoption
• FinTech Certification In China – National Financial Technology Certification Center Becomes An Official Partner
• OpenTEKr becomes an official partner of the OpenChain Project

Outreach

• OpenChain Taiwan Meetup 2023 @ 2023-08-15 (opening slides)
• OpenChain @ Computer & Recht
• FOSS North 2023 – How The LF Standards For License Compliance And Security Will Fix Your Supply Chain

Webinars

• None this month! Vacation time.

Meetings

Our community held the following meetings:

• OpenChain Export Control Work Group 2023-08-01
• OpenChain Automation Work Group – 2023-08-02
• OpenChain Education Work Group – 2023-08-03
• OpenChain Education Work Group – 2023-08-10
• OpenChain Contribution Specification Kick-Off Call – 2023-08-23
• OpenChain Education Work Group – 2023-08-24
• OpenChain Automotive Work Group – Q3 Meeting – 2023-08-29
• OpenChain Legal Work Group – 2023-08-31

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