News

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.

Contribute here

• Our draft document on Google Docs – you can add comments and suggestions

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

Venue

The Deck, Innovation Centre @ University of Exeter, EX4 4RN

Learn More

• The event website

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

URL: https://www.ospn.jp/osc2019-osaka/

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce a fun and useful new format for the OpenChain Reference Training Slides, a core part of the OpenChain Curriculum material.

Masao Taniguchi from NEC has created a HackMD version of the Reference Slides and it can be accessed, used and shared by anyone from this link:

• OpenChain Reference Training Slides @ HackMD

Another example of our community at work!

Do you want to contribute something to the OpenChain Project? From refining material to translating material to creating entirely new stuff, your starting point is always our mailing list:

• https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/openchain

KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM. This is a bit of a mouthful but bear with us. It stands for:

• Korean Automobile Manufacturer Association (KAMA)
• Japanese Automobile Manufacturer Association (JAMA)
• German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
• And Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM)

Yesterday Masato Endo from Toyota delivered a presentation to introduce the OpenChain Project to KAMA-JAMA-VDA-AAM members. This marks the beginning of a dialogue about how OpenChain can support the global automotive industry with managing open source compliance in the supply chain.

Watch this space.

The OpenChain Project was discussed at two events hosted by Grey Matter Ltd. in the UK. Martin Callinan from Source Code Control, an OpenChain Partner, presented our project and goals to diverse audiences.

The first event took place in The Studio Manchester on Tuesday 27th November. Attendees were treated to a packed workshop:

• 10:00 Arrival and intros
• 10:30 Microsoft – Azure DevOps
• 12:00 Break and refreshments
• 12:30 Source Code Control – Continuous compliance
• 14:00 Lunch and finish

The second event took place in the Mercure London Hyde Park on Thursday 29th November. It was another busy event:

• 10:00 Arrival and intros
• 10:30 Microsoft – Azure DevOps
• 12:00 Break and refreshments
• 12:30 Source Code Control – Continuous compliance
• 14:00 Lunch and finish

As with all OpenChain-related events, the goal was to share knowledge and to build connections in support of our long-term goal of building great open source compliance across the supply chain.

Learn More:

• https://www.greymatter.com/corporate/real-world-devops/

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce an updated version of the Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean. These cover all the core topics needed to educate personnel involved in quality open source compliance programs. These slides formally support the OpenChain Specification 1.1 but can be used for any version of the OpenChain Specification and any open source training program. The slides are available under CC-0 licensing (effectively public domain) and can be used for any purpose without restriction.

Our sincere thanks are due to Haksung Jang (LG Electronics) and Jongbaek Park (BKL Law Firm) for their translation work.

Get the Slides

• Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean (PDF)
• Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean (PPTX)
• Open Source Compliance Training Slides in Korean (ODP)

Contribute

• Join the Korean Curriculum translation team

The OpenChain Project was represented at the Kansai Open Forum on the 10th of November by Tomo Dote of Micware. Dote San provided a keynote covering both OpenChain and our sister project SPDX, and he held a booth exhibit to showcase the practical adoption of both projects throughout the event. Another example of the great OpenChain Japan Working Group community in action!

Learn More:

• https://k-of.jp/backend/session/1215 (Japanese)

The OpenChain Project was featured at the monthly meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association open source committee on the 19th of November. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, provided a recap of the OpenChain Project goals and proceeded to outline recent and projected future developments.

Learn More:

• You can find the committee homepage here:
  https://www.ipo.org/index.php/about-ipo/committees/open-source-committee/