Our newsletter contains some of the highlights from the last month of activity in the project. Plenty more happened. Check out the full stream here: https://www.openchainproject.org/news
Our newsletter contains some of the highlights from the last month of activity in the project. Plenty more happened. Check out the full stream here: https://www.openchainproject.org/news
The OpenChain Project now has official merchandise! You will find everything from t-shirts to tote-bags to phone cases to mugs in our store. Everything is priced at cost with Threadless. Logos, penguins, country teams and a special global team image. It is all there.
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OpenChain @ Partners
On August 4, 2020 the OpenChain Project announced Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company as the latest participant in the growing partner program. Wipro will provide an important bridge between companies seeking to adopt the OpenChain industry standard for compliance and the implementation of quality open source compliance programs. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/08/04/wipro-limited-is-the-latest-openchain-partner
The OpenChain Project welcomes BMW CarIT GmbH as our 20th Platinum Member. BMW CarIT GmbH joins the governing board of the project ahead of our expected completion of the ISO process in September 2020. Their knowledge, support and expertise is expected to be an invaluable component of the next steps in adoption of the industry standard for open source compliance. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/07/09/openchain-welcomes-bmw-carit-gmbh-as-the-latest-platinum-member
OpenChain @ Partners
Bitsea, a company helping customers to analyse, assess, and optimize Software Development processes, has joined the OpenChain Partner program. This marks another significant expansion of the OpenChain ecosystem into the German software industry, and provides another milestone in our preparation to support our growth as a formal International Standard in Q4. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/07/30/bitsea-is-the-latest-openchain-partner
credativ, a leading open source support and services provider, announced OpenChain 2.0 conformance. credativ was an early adopter of the industry standard for open source compliance, and the adoption of 2.0 further demonstrates their commitment to continual improvement across all aspects of their business: https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/07/02/credativ-announces-openchain-2-0-conformance
We have two big announcements leading the news this month.
Cisco Systems, Inc (Cisco), a Platinum Member of the OpenChain Project, announced conformance with the industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain on June 2. As a founding member of the OpenChain Project, Cisco has been instrumental in defining, developing and deploying both the standard and its extensive corpus of reference material. Their conformance marks another milestone in the broadening adoption of the standard throughout silicon, embedded, mobile, telecommunications, enterprise, software and cloud market segments. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/06/02/cisco-systems-inc-announces-openchain-conformance
Fujitsu, an OpenChain Platinum Member, is the first organization to attain two OpenChain 2.0 conformant programs. Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 132,000 Fujitsu personnel support customers in more than 100 countries. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/06/03/fujitsu-attains-second-openchain-conformant-program
The OpenChain UK Work Group is being launched with its first meeting on July 23. The inaugural UK meeting, which follows the path of successful OpenChain work groups established in China, Japan, Germany, Korea, India and Taiwan, will feature an introduction from Shane Coughlan who leads the OpenChain project at the Linux Foundation. Andrew Katz (Orcro) and Sami Atabani (Arm) will share their experiences of OpenChain implementation in the real world. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/06/30/openchain-uk-work-group-launches-on-july-23rd
OpenChain @ Events (Selected Highlight)
The OpenChain Project and its collaboration with the Joint Development Foundation was explored during a session at the ISO WG21 2020 Plenary on the 9th of June. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, lead the primary discussion and Seth Newberry, General Manager of Standards at Joint Development Foundation, explained the JDF PAS approach both in terms of OpenChain and more broadly in the years ahead. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/06/09/openchain-at-iso-wg21-2020-plenary-9th-june
OpenChain in Q2 – Continuing Leadership, Continuing Support
The global lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 is a unique historical moment. We are seeing both great success and great challenges in addressing this disease, and at all times there is an awareness that it can impact our close friends and families. To a large extent the OpenChain community is fortunate. Many of our companies allow us to work from home. Many of us are near excellent health services. We are well-positioned to weather this storm. We will do so with the health of our community and the societies in which we work as our highest priority.
Over the last three years the OpenChain Project has held bi-weekly calls on the First Monday (9am Pacific) and Third Monday (5pm Pacific) of each month. These calls have driven forward our standard for open source compliance and a large corpus of supportive reference material. Today we are at an inflection point and we have an opportunity to enhance our service to the global community.With less emphasis right now on editing our standard (the forthcoming ISO version is fully baked) and our reference material largely produced via local work teams, there is an opportunity to launch an on-going series of webinars that provide access to people and knowledge that we would otherwise obtain at events.
We kicked off on Monday the 6th of April at 9am Pacific with speakers covering Supply Chain Governance and Container Compliance.
We also announced our third Webinar for the 4th of May covering Contribution Policies + OpenChain in M&A. Watch this space for the recording in the next issue.
OpenChain @ Translations
OpenChain Specification 2.0 Available In Russian
The official reference translation of the OpenChain Specification 2.0 is now available in Russian thanks to Denis Dorotenko (Yandex) and Pavel Lugovoy (independent counsel). This marks another important milestone for our project, providing greatly increased geographic coverage for our work, and helping to support engagement in a country with a long history of technology leadership. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/04/03/openchain-specification-2-0-available-in-russian
This newsletter marks 36 months since we started a major outward push for awareness and adoption in the OpenChain Project. During this time we have seen our industry standard enter a multitude of new markets. You can expect this continue and you can expect initiatives like our webinars to grow over time. Our next newsletter will both provide a new look and a great way for people to get started with our activities. Watch this space.
OpenChain Japan Work Group: Republishing the Advent Calendar
During the December 2019 period the OpenChain Japan Work Group ran a series of articles covering OpenChain, their work, and what it means to companies. We will be republishing this calendar in Japanese on the main OpenChain blog over the coming weeks, and we hope to share some English translations after that.
OpenChain 2.0 in French The OpenChain Specification 2.0, the latest version of our industry standard for open source compliance, is now available in French. This official translation provides a reference to assist with understanding and engagement throughout companies. Read more here: https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/03/23/openchain-2-0-in-french
OpenChain @ GitHub
The OpenChain Project has a substantial presence on GitHub. We use our space to store core documents like the project charter and specification, our growing library of reference material under CC-0 licensing, and other material like our project image assets. This allows our global community to quickly access, share and improve all aspects of our work. Find out more: https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/03/23/openchain-on-github-march-2020
OpenChain Reference Library Relaunched – Discovery and Translation First The OpenChain Project has a comprehensive reference library covering all aspects of open source compliance management, including numerous resources related to training, policy and process content. This official and community-sourced reference material has been extensively reordered to allow easier discovery of content and to provide a multi-language first approach. https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/03/04/openchain-reference-library-relaunched-discovery-and-translation-first
Yoma Bank Announces the Latest OpenChain Conformant Program The OpenChain Project is delighted to highlight that Yoma Bank is the latest organization to have a publicly announced OpenChain conformant program. Yoma Bank joins many other companies from a diverse range of market sectors collaborating to make open source compliance faster, more effective and more efficient. Find out more: https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/03/05/yoma-bank-announces-the-latest-openchain-conformant-program
We are delighted to announce that Moxa is our latest Platinum Member company. As a leading provider of industrial edge-to-cloud connectivity and computing solutions for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments, Moxa has demonstrated its continuous commitment to open source compliance to enable advanced industrial networking and communications applications for the IIoT world.
“Moxa is thrilled to join the OpenChain Project to demonstrate our commitment in supporting open source compliance standard,” said Andy Cheng, President of Strategic Business Unit at Moxa. “Moxa has been a strong supporter of the Linux Foundation for some of its important projects such as Civil Infrastructure Project (CIP) for long-term support Linux distribution. We are now looking forward to working closely with the OpenChain community for industry standards of open source compliance.”
OpenChain + SPDX Lite – Credit where Credit is Due The OpenChain Japan Work Group has run an active licensing sub-work group throughout 2019. Their activity has been focused on practical applications of a streamlined Software Bill of Materials using core attributes of SPDX. Now that the work is advanced, collaboration with the SDPX Project is fully established, and we are heading into production it is time to highlight the individuals behind this initiative. Find out more: https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/24/openchain-spdx-lite-credit-where-credit-is-due
A message from Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager:
During the outbreak of COVID-19 we have faced unprecedented challenges in the global supply chain. While these challenges are expected to carry through into Q2 our community is making every effort to ensure our strategy is executed effectively. Great thanks are due to everyone making this happen. Stay safe all.
OpenChain @ In The News
A recent interview about OpenChain from FOSSID has been translated into Japanese. This is a great onboarding point for Japanese-speaking individuals and companies interested in learning more about our work. You can check it out here:
In January we also continued our interview series. We are delighted to announce the release of interviews with Samantha from Cisco, Chloe from Huawai and Indira Bhatt from Facebook.
We had a community Pproposal on ‘Collaboration between ACT and OpenChain Reference Tooling WG.’ Fukuchi San from Sony shared a slide deck covering this topic, and if you are interested in open source tooling for open source compliance it is well worth a read:
OpenChain Around the World – India Snapshot It is always great to see OpenChain Project appearing around the global commercial sphere. Here, for example, is the Lyra Infosystems Pvt Ltd website, highlighting their conformance with OpenChain 1.0 and 2.0. Way to go!
OpenChain Around the World – Seminar Snapshot OpenChain was featured in the seminar from DLA Piper, GTC Law Group and Synopsys entitled ‘The 2019 Open Source Year in Review.’ The seminar was held on the 24th of January. Find out more:
The OpenChain Project was featured by HH Partners, an official OpenChain Partner, at the Mindtrek Conference in Finland from the 28th to 30th January. Find out more:
OpenChain was at CES 2020 and – beyond hosting a booth with volunteers – we took the opportunity to host a physical meeting of the OpenChain Automotive Work Group. This was a great opportunity to meet some of the people behind the global growth of our industry standard, and to share knowledge about how open source governance works in the automotive space. Find out more:
