The OpenChain Project proudly announces that Google has an OpenChain Conformant compliance program. Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Learn MoreUber is dedicated to fostering greater collaboration and community across our open source ecosystem. In this spirit, Uber today announced that we are joining the OpenChain Project as a Platinum member. This news follows our recent announcement during Uber Open Summit 2018 that Uber would be joining the Linux Foundation as a Gold member.
Google is thrilled to announce that we are joining the OpenChain Project as Platinum Members. OpenChain is an effort to make open source license compliance simpler and more consistent. We will also join the OpenChain board and are excited that Facebook and Uber will be fellow board members.
OpenChain Project Gains Facebook, Google and Uber as Platinum Members
Invest in making open source compliance more predictable, understandable & efficient across supply chains
SAN FRANCISCO and YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – OPEN COMPLIANCE SUMMIT – December 6, 2018 — The OpenChain Project, which builds trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent, announced today at Open Compliance Summit that Facebook, Google and Uber have joined as platinum members. The only standard for open source compliance in the supply chain, OpenChain provides a specification as well as overarching processes, policies and training that companies need to be successful.
Every day companies consume billions of lines of open source software through their supply chains as they build exciting new products and services. One key challenge as code flows between companies is ensuring the relevant license requirements are met in a timely and effective manner. Many organizations seek to address similar compliance issues in a similar manner, providing an excellent opportunity for consolidation and harmonization.
The OpenChain Project provides companies with a consistent way to address these challenges. At the heart of the project is a specification, an overarching standard for how companies of all sizes, whether in physical products, in the cloud or internally, can deal with open source compliance.
Running some of the largest data centers, platforms and cloud infrastructure in the world, Facebook, Google and Uber use a considerable amount of open source software in their businesses and are joining the OpenChain project to proactively manage open source across their supply chains.
“At Facebook, we believe open source software accelerates the pace of innovation in the world. We are proud to support the OpenChain project, and, by doing so hope to make the open source supply chain more predictable and efficient so the community can focus on solving challenges of speed, complexity, and deploying open source software at scale,” said Michael Cheng, Facebook Open Source.
“Google is a strong believer that working together and being engaged with open source communities creates a ripple effect for the broader industry,” said Chris DiBona, Director, Open Source, Google. “We’re excited to join the OpenChain project and expect it will encourage greater compliance, and foster discussion on how the industry and open source projects can continue to work to improve software throughout the supply chain.”
“In the tech industry, it’s easy to take for granted how critical open source is for innovation and community collaboration,” said Matt Kuipers, IP senior counsel at Uber. “However, the lack of consistent open source policies remains an obstacle for adoption throughout the supply chain and across industries. We’re excited to join the OpenChain Project to support the adoption of consistent policies, reduce barriers to adopting open source, and increase the value of open source for more industries beyond tech.”
“We are very excited to see three innovative tech leaders join the project and welcome their experience to our Governing Board,” said Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “We believe that their support will be a vital component as we continue to build upon a successful, meaningful industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain.”
OpenChain also provides companies with overarching processes, policies and training to be successful in open source compliance. OpenChain Conformance with the OpenChain Specification confirms that an organization follows the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program, and builds trust between organizations in the supply chain. It makes procurement easier for purchasers and preferred status easier for suppliers.
As platinum members, one representative from each company will join the OpenChain Governing Board. Other platinum members of the OpenChain project include Adobe, ARM Holdings, Cisco, Comcast, GitHub, Harman International, Hitachi, Qualcomm, Siemens, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota and Western Digital.
Additional Resources
- Get Started With OpenChain
- Read Uber and Google’s blogs on why they joined OpenChain
- Online Self-Certification
- Companies With OpenChain Conformance Program
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.
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 commercial 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.
Contact
Sarah Conway
OpenChain Project/Linux Foundation
sconway@linuxfoundation.org
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the project website in Japanese. This localization was completed by a Japanese service provider called Doublet in collaboration with our community and the Linux Foundation Japan office.
You can access the Japanese website through visiting our homepage and clicking the Japanese flag on the top right corner.
We look forward to making a Chinese version of the OpenChain website in early 2019.
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of new logos that may be used by any organizations that undergo OpenChain self-certification or audited (third-party) certification.
Please note that these logos contain the OpenChain Trademark and may not be used except as explicitly permitted above.
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Today we officially launched the RFC process for the new, unified OpenChain Frequently Asked Questions. This sub-project, spanning both our curriculum and onboarding teams – with input from specification and conformance – is designed to make it easier to understand each aspect of our project.
We are actively seeking feedback around the clarity of intent, the language used and possible omissions. Our goal is to ensure that visitors to the OpenChain Project can ground themselves in any section of the project as quickly as possible.
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The OpenChain Project will be featured at the greymatter Cloud Enablement event at the University of Exeter in the UK on the 14th of December. Martin Callinan from Source Code Control will introduce our project and explain how it fits into effective governance approaches.
Agenda
8:30 Registration
9:00 Introductions
9:30 An Introduction to Azure with Tristan Edwards, Grey Matter
11:00 Break
11:30 Cloud security with Gemma Allen, Barracuda
12:15 Code security in Azure with Martin Callinan and Paul McAdam, Source Code Control
13:00 Lunch and finish
9:00 Introductions
9:30 An Introduction to Azure with Tristan Edwards, Grey Matter
11:00 Break
11:30 Cloud security with Gemma Allen, Barracuda
12:15 Code security in Azure with Martin Callinan and Paul McAdam, Source Code Control
13:00 Lunch and finish
Venue
The Deck, Innovation Centre @ University of Exeter, EX4 4RN
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TUV SUD Japan will host the 7th OpenChain Japan Work Group meeting from 13:30 to 16:00 on the 5th of November. As usual we will have a packed agenda with a lot of contributions from different individuals at different companies. One of the key items address in this meeting will be the outcomes of the sub-groups, particularly around areas like the creation of reference business work flows.
Location
TUV SUD Japan
Sumitomo Fudosan, Nishi-shinjuku Bldg. No.4 8F 4-33-4 Nishi-Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
Agenda
- Opening [Takanishi]
- OpenChain current status [Shane-san] 10mins
- About TUV SUD Japan [Takanishi] 15mins
- Introduction of Japan WG [Imada-san] 10mins
- Summary of Adhok meeting [Kusakabe-san] 10mins
- Status update from each sub-working groups [each leader] 50mins including QA
- Talk about the speech in open source compliance summit [Endo-san] 30mins（https://sched.co/HSCV）
- Talk about the speech in open source compliance summit [Harada-san] 15mins
(https://ocs18.sched.com/event/HSCP/fujitsus-internal-operations-for-participating-in-the-oss-communities-takashi-harada-fujitsu-limited) - OSS compliance status in Taiwan [Kato-san] 10mins
- About Next Japan working group
- Closing （Takanishi）
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that we will have a volunteer presence at the forthcoming OSC Osaka event in January 2019. Dote San from Micware – one of our contributors from West Japan – will be leading outreach. The event and our outreach will be held in the Japanese language.
Date /日程:
Fri. 25th Jan 2019 13:00-18:05 (Speech only)
Sat. 26th Jan 2019 10:00-18:00 (Speech and Exhibition)
2019年1月25日(金) 13:00～18:05（展示は2日目のみ）
1月26日(土) 10:00～18:00（展示：10:30～16:00）
会場:
Osaka Sangyou Souzoukan , 1-4-5 Honmachi chuouku, Osaka city
大阪産業創造館（地下鉄 堺筋本町駅 徒歩5分）→[アクセスマップ] [OpenStreetMap] （OSC受付：1/25(金)ー5F、1/26(土)ー3F）
Fee /無料:
Free
Theme /内容:
- News about Open Source
- Exhibition and Speech of Open Source Community/Corporations
- 展示 – オープンソースコミュニティ、企業・団体による展示
- セミナー – オープンソースの最新情報を提供
