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Latest OpenChain Curriculum Draft in Simplified Chinese

San Francisco, United States, February 19, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the draft OpenChain Curriculum in Simplified Chinese for Specification 1.1. This proposal draft is intended to help support our Simplified Chinese translation team. While it is not finalized yet, the document is based on the completed translation in Traditional Chinese, and it is intended reduce the amount of work required to reach a formal release.

You can obtain the draft files in PDF, PPTX or ODP formats on the relevant OpenChain GitHub repository. The OpenChain translations page has also been updated with these documents in PDF format.

As with all OpenChain Curriculum material, these documents are made available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) license, and anyone can use, study, share and improve the work as they see fit.

Great thanks are due to Lucien Lin and Florence Ko for helping to build bridges in the CJK region that are so important to our long-term success. Our strategic goal is to engage open source users in the CJK area (China, Japan, Korea) and localization plays a central role in this process.

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The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective open source management. The 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.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete our free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join our community of trust.

More Resources:

• The OpenChain GitHub repository: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Curriculum-Translation-zh-Hans
• The OpenChain Translations page: https://www.openchainproject.org/translations

Get this guide and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

Latest OpenChain Curriculum in Traditional Chinese

San Francisco, United States, February 19, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the OpenChain Curriculum in Traditional Chinese for Specification 1.1. This marks the release of our latest educational material for the Taiwanese and Hong Kong areas. You can obtain the final files in PDF, PPTX or ODP formats on the relevant OpenChain GitHub repository. The OpenChain translations page has also been updated with these documents in PDF format.

As with all OpenChain Curriculum material, these documents are made available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) license, and anyone can use, study, share and improve the work as they see fit.

This marks a milestone for our objective to build bridges with more stakeholders in the Far East. Our strategic goal is to engage open source users in the CJK area (China, Japan, Korea). The OpenChain Project wishes to extend its deep thanks to Lucien Lin and Florence Ko for preparing and contributing this material.

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The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective open source management. The 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.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete our free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join our community of trust.

More Resources:

• The OpenChain GitHub repository: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Curriculum-Translation-zh-Hant
• The OpenChain Translations page: https://www.openchainproject.org/translations

Get this guide and many more documents in the OpenChain Reference Library: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material

Save the Date: OpenChain Curriculum Workshop in Taipei

Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 2017 — The OpenChain Project in partnership with the Open Culture Foundation (Taiwan) will hold a workshop between 13:30 and 16:00 on the afternoon of March 5th. This event will be held in Mandarin and is intended to provide an introduction to the OpenChain Curriculum (training material). All parties are welcome to attend.

“OpenChain is a truly international project,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Project Director. “We are delighted to expand our activities into Taiwan and to build a great relationship with local community organizations as well as local businesses. This is a significant step towards bringing stakeholders in CJK closer together.”

本次的討論會主要是介紹OpenChain這個開源管理計畫，以及該計畫的產出「自由開源軟體授權管理訓練課程」。

More Information:

• Event website (Chinese)

Save the Date: OpenChain Japan Work Group Announces Second Meeting Details

Yokohama, Japan, February 15, 2017 — OpenChain Japan Work Group will hold its second meeting on the 22nd of February between 10am-12 noon Japan time at the Hitachi offices in Shinagawa. Details below in Japanese thanks to Imada San of Hitachi:

OpenChain Japan WG 第二回の会合のご案内を再送させていただきます。
日時：2月22日(木)10:00-12:00
場所：日立品川地区(JR品川イーストビル) 20階 Hall A
http://sasp.mapion.co.jp/b/hitachi/info/BA850354/?view=r

会場へは、JR品川駅の改札を出た広い通路を港南口方向にお進みください。
通路から直接ビルの入り口につながっております。(新幹線改札の近くです)
ロビーにガードマンが立っており、その左右にエレベーターホールがございます。
左側のエレベーターで20階までお越しください。(簡単な立て看板を用意する予定です)

当日ご参加予定の方で、参加のご連絡をまだいただいていない方がいらっしやいましたら、
ご連絡をいただけますと幸いです。<coughlan@linux.com>

The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective open source management. The 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.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete our free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join our community of trust.

Save the Date: OpenChain Project at the BCS Compliance Workshop in London

San Francisco, United States, February 13, 2017 — The OpenChain Project will be featured at an open source compliance workshop in London on the 22nd of March. This event is hosted by the BCS and the Open Source Hardware User Group. The speakers include Michael Jaeger, Alexios Zavras, Mirko Boehm and Armijn Hemel. The topics covered will include OpenChain, SW360, Quartermaster, SPDX and OSADL license compliance. All are welcome and there is no charge.

The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective open source management. The 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.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete our free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join our community of trust.

More Resources:

• More information about this event.

Save the Date: OpenChain Project Face-to-Face at the Leadership Summit

Yokohama, Japan, February 15, 2017 — The next OpenChain face-to-face will take place during the Open Source Leadership Summit in California in early March. This is our schedule for the Kenwood 1 room on Monday March 5th:

• OpenChain 8-10am Board Meeting
•  OpenChain 10:15-10:45 Conformance Work Team discussion
• OpenChain 10:45-11:15 Curriculum Work Team discussion
• OpenChain  11:15-11:45 Onboarding Work Team discussion
• OpenChain  11:45-12:30 Specification Work Team discussion

The first session is for OpenChain Platinum Members only. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Work Team discussions from 10:15am. If you are interested in attending and you want more information, please reach out to Shane Coughlan, Project Director, at coughlan [at] linux.com.

More Resources:

• Venue:
  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-leadership-summit-2018/
• Travel information:
  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-leadership-summit-2018/attend/venue-travel/

Make a Note: OpenChain Project in Taiwan and China – Plans for Q1 / Q2

Yokohama, Japan, February 10, 2017 — In collaboration with local partners the OpenChain Project is exploring the possibility of two workshops in Taipei and one in Beijing (the latter adjacent to LinuxCon China). The first of these initiatives will begin with our friends at Open Culture Foundation Taiwan hosting an OpenChain Curriculum Workshop after the Chinese New Year.

We are looking for people interested in supporting this activity. Your ideas, comments and suggestions are most welcome. In particular it would be useful if participants in the OpenChain community could contact us to suggest potential attendees in Taiwan/China. Our goal in the first phase of this outreach is to build bridges and from there long-term relationships.

If you are interested in attending and you want more information, please reach out to Shane Coughlan, Project Director, at coughlan [at] linux.com.

More Resources:

• Open Culture Foundation Taiwan (Traditional Chinese)

OpenChain Project face-to-face at the Open Source Leadership Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 15, 2017 — The OpenChain Project will host a series of face-to-face meetings during the forthcoming Open Source Leadership Summit in Sonoma Valley, California.

The provisional agenda for Monday March 5th in the OpenChain room:

• OpenChain 8-10am Governing Board / Formal Meetings (maximize overlap with Japan & Europe)
• OpenChain 10-10:45 Specification
• OpenChain 10:45-11:15 Conformance
• OpenChain  11:15-11:45 Curriculum
• OpenChain  11:145-12:15 Onboarding

Agenda submissions are most welcome and can be added to this Google Doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11zFMar4o8EIhz8lCpE78j485-1twJtMlbMtVyLBerIk/edit?usp=sharing

Further information and support for this event can be obtained by emailing Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Project Director.

Further Resources

• The Open Source Leadership Summit 2018

OpenChain Project to feature at an event hosted by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 14, 2017 — The OpenChain Project will be featured at an event hosted by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, on the 22nd of March in London, England. Andrew Katz will explain how and why OpenChain addresses challenges regarding compliance in the supply chain. Mirko Boehm and Michael Jaeger will discuss the adjacent tooling projects entitled QuarterMaster and FOSSology.

“We are indebted to our partners such as Moorcrofts who continually share knowledge and experience that benefits the OpenChain Project,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Project Director. “Andrew’s participation in this forthcoming BCS event marks the beginning of our 2018 outreach activities in the European sphere and a great way for British companies of all sizes to discover practical solutions to compliance challenges in the supply chain.”

The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective open source management. The 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.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete our free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join our community of trust.

Additional Resources

• The BCS

OpenChain Project announces third Japan Work Group meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, January 14, 2017 — The Japan Work Group of the OpenChain Project will hold its second meeting at the Panasonic Osaka offices on the 19th of April. All parties are welcome. Please note this event will be held in Japanese.

If you plan to attend this event please contact Shane Coughlan <coughlan@linux.com>