Monthly Newsletter

​ Newsletter – Issue 70 – September 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

• Nokia Announces Adoption of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020
• OpenHarmony Announces Third-Party Certification to ISO/IEC 5230 in Partnership with CESI
• Nokia Contributes Validator for the OpenChain Telco SBOM Guide
• Validator for the OpenChain Telco SBOM Guide now on Pipy

Outreach

• OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting #23 – 2024-09-10
• OpenChain Automotive Workshop – Stuttgart – 2024-09-10

Webinars

• Webinar: AI – The Current Legal Landscape

Meetings

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

• OpenChain SBOM Study Group – 2024-09-25 – Full Recording
• OpenChain Monthly North America – Europe Meeting – 2024-09-03 – Full Recording

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

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​ Newsletter – Issue 69 – August 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

• Samsung SDS Announces an OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 Conformant Program
• Case Study: Implementing the OpenChain Specification @ endjin

Outreach

• OpenChain @ COSCUP 2024
• OpenChain Taiwan Meetup on 2024-08-05
• OpenChain UK Work Group Meeting – 2024-08-07 @ 15:00 UTC
• OpenChain India Work Group Meeting – 2024-08-01 – Full Recording
• OpenChain China Regular Meeting #2 – 2024-08-30 @ 06:30 UTC

Webinars

• Webinar: Update on the OSI Definition for Open Source AI
• Webinar: Implementing OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 at endjin + Further Research on OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974
• A walk-through of the toolset produced by SCANOSS on 2024-08-07 @ 08:00 UTC

Meetings

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

• • OpenChain Education Work Group Meeting – 2024-08-07 – Full Recording

 

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

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​ Newsletter – Issue 68 – July 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

• IAV Announces Adoption of ISO/IEC 5230:2020
• dSPACE GmbH Has Completed Third-Party Certification Of ISO/IEC 5230:2020
• Managing Your Open Source Software Supply Chain – A Guide From The OpenChain Project
• OpenChain Telco SBOM Guide – General Availability
• OpenChain Explainer for Sales and Marketing – Beta
• Introduction to Open Source License Compliance Management (LFC193) – The Bite-Sized Videos

Outreach

• OpenChain @ Automotive Software and Security Technology Week in Shanghai, China

Webinars

• Webinar: IAV, TimeToAct and ISO/IEC 5230 – Third-Party Certification Case Study

Meetings

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

• OpenChain Project – Monthly North America and Europe Call – July – Full Recording
• OpenChain Education Work Group – 2024-07-03 – Full Recording
• OpenChain Telco Work Group Meetings – 2024-07-04 – Full Recording
• OpenChain AI Study Group Call – Asia Sync Call – 2024-07-11 – Full Recording
• OpenChain Project – Main Monthly North America and Asia Call – 2024-07-16 – Full Recording
• Education Sync Call for Asia: Deep Dive into Maturity Models – 2024-07-25 – Full Recording
• OpenChain Japan Work Group All Member Meeting #31 – 2024-06-27 – Full Recording
• OpenChain SBOM Study Group Kick-Off 2024-07-30 – Full Recording

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​ Newsletter – Issue 67 – June 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

• OpenChain Project Announces Public Comment Period for Draft Updates to Compliance and Security Specifications
• Policy Briefing Series: EU Cyber Resilience Act, AI Act and the Product Liability Directive
• openEuler Announces Adoption of OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 and Releases OpenChain ISO/IEC 18974 Adoption Case Study

Outreach

• OpenChain @ International Open Source Trends For Industries – Building The OpenSource Ecosystem In Taiwan – 2024-06-04
• OpenChain @ OSS Europe – Creating Standards – From Writing a Spec to Obtaining ISO Status
• OpenChain @ OSS Europe – Open Source and IP Departments: Risk Containment and Portfolio Management

Webinars

• Webinar – OFE Briefing on the EU Product Liability Directive
• OpenChain Webinar: Open Source Due Diligence for M&A

Meetings

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

• OpenChain AI Study Group – Monthly Workshop for North America and Europe – 2024-06-04 – Recording
• OpenChain Monthly North America and Europe Call – 2024-06-05 – Recording
• OpenChain Telco Work Group Meetings – 2024-06-06 – Recording
• OpenChain Governing Board Strategy Sub-Committee Meeting – Education Work Group Review – 2024-06-11 – Recording
• OpenChain AI Study Group – North America / Asia Sync – 2024-06-13 – Full Recording
• OpenChain Monthly North America and Asia Call – 2024-06-18 – Full Recording
• OpenChain @ OSBC Open Source Conference 2024 – 2024-06-19
• OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting #22 – 2024-06-20
• OpenChain Steering Committee Meeting – 2024-06-27 – Outcomes and Recording
• OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting #31 – 2024-06-27
• OpenChain China Work Group – Regular Meeting #1 – 2024-06-28

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

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​ 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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