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OpenChain Expands Portuguese Translations

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 11, 2017 — The OpenChain Project today announces the release of onboarding handouts and slides in Portuguese.

“Accessibility is a key issue for the OpenChain Project,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “Our goal is to make sure that as many people as possible have access to our industry standard. Today’s release is another step forward. Brazil’s adoption of open source in government, in business and in education makes Portuguese a critical building block for our community. Bill Weinberg and Gianna Cardinale from Open Source Sense acted as translator and reviewer respectively. We owe them a great debt of thanks.”

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 OpenChain Translation page
• The OpenChain Onboarding Handout in Portuguese
• The OpenChain Onboarding Slides in Portuguese

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

OpenChain Welcomes credativ

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 7, 2017 –The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome credativ to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations.

“The addition of credativ brings another important open source pillar into the OpenChain community and boosts our mission to make open source software compliance easier, more understandable and more transparent,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “credativ is one of the early supporters of Free and Open Source Software in our community. They have engaged at a unique time. We are looking forward to working closely together to channel influence in the European, American and Indian market as we scale OpenChain self-certification.”

“It is an important step for us to join the OpenChain community,” says Dr Michael Meskes, CEO of credativ. “ Through our extensive experience with Open Source in business, we work with a lot of different companies and know how to improve upon the positive impact that Open Source provides, not only in technical but also compliance issues. Therefore we would like to further extend the reputation of the OpenChain project by expressing adherence to their specifications. We think that this leads to more and more companies gaining trust and confidence in Free and Open Source Software. One of the key aspects of the OpenChain certification is, that it builds trust, which, already rooted in the core principles of Free and Open Source Software, thusly provides an essential contribution to the general acceptance of Open Source.”

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 OpenChain Conformance page
• The list of OpenChain Conformant organizations
• The credativ website

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

About credativ

credativ is a independent consulting and services companies operating in Germany, Spain, India, the Netherlands and the USA. Since the founding in 1999, credativ has been offering comprehensive services and technical support for the implementation and operation of Open Source Software in business applications. For more information, visit http://www.credativ.com

안녕! OpenChain is in Korean

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 7, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the release of the official Korean translation of OpenChain Specification 1.1.

“Our very first translations as a project were created in Korean,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “It is with enormous gratitude and thanks that we welcome the latest outcomes from that dedicated team. Haksung Jang, the lead translator behind this and our equally valuable curriculum and FAQ translations, deserves great credit for all he has done. So too does JongBaek Park, the second translator involved, and without whom we would not have been ready for this official release so quickly.”

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 OpenChain Translation page
• The OpenChain Specification in Korean

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

你好! OpenChain is in Simplified Chinese

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, August 3, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that the release of OpenChain onboarding material in Simplified Chinese in collaboration with the Debian China community.

“This is our first release of OpenChain material in Chinese,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “All credit is due to the hard work and community spirit of Yubin Ruan and Boyuan Yang from Debian. We worked together to provide a way for Chinese companies, projects and individuals to understand why OpenChain exists, what it does, and how it accomplishes its goals. Today is the first step among many in building a presence in the Chinese open source community.”

“Debian has an active community of translators around the world who help make sure everyone has access to open, modifiable software,” says Chris Lamb, Debian Project Leader. “Collaboration and contribution are at the core of our community and have been reflected in how we worked together with the OpenChain Project.”

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 OpenChain Translation page
• The OpenChain Onboarding Handout in Simplified Chinese

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

OpenChain Welcomes GE Digital

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 28, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is delighted to welcome GE Digital to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations.

“Every new participant in the OpenChain community of conformance is valued,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “GE Digital is a welcome addition that underlines the utility of OpenChain for all types of company across multiple market sectors.”

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 OpenChain Conformance page
• The list of OpenChain Conformant organizations
• The GE Digital website

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

About GE Digital

GE Digital is the leading software company for the Industrial Internet, reimagining industry’s infrastructure by connecting software, apps and analytics to industrial businesses to drive a Predix-powered world. GE Digital creates software to design, build, operate and manage the entire asset lifecycle – enabling industrial businesses to operate faster, smarter and more efficiently. For more information, visit www.ge.com/digital.

OpenChain Welcomes Endocode

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 27, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Endocode to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations.

“Endocode is an exceptional company,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “They come from the heart of the open source community and provide a range of services that underline their exceptional efficiency in resource allocation. I am delighted to welcome Endocode not only as a valued contributor to the eco-system but also because of what they can bring to our community as we scale.”

“Being Open Source license compliant is a vital constraint for all hardware and software manufacturers that include Open Source components in their products, says Mirko Boehm, Founder and CEO of Endocode. “OpenChain aims at making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent. This is a mission we share and are excited to contribute to. Endocode has been working with the industry to improve compliance auditing and tooling. We are thrilled to join a community that is working towards the same goals.”

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 OpenChain Conformance page
• The list of OpenChain Conformant organizations
• The Endocode website

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

About Endocode

Endocode is an employee owned, software-engineering company from Berlin. Open Source compliance and guidance are a vital part of Endocode’s professional IT services. Our team has contributed to open source DevOps tooling, Linux container technologies, and numerous open source projects including Debian, KDE, Firefox and LibreOffice. It shares a history of being devoted professional contributors to Open Source communities from all over the world. With a focus on Open Source technologies, Endocode offers engineering, trainings and consultancy.

OpenChain Releases Spanish Translation

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 21, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that the OpenChain Specification is officially available in Spanish. This translation is the result of dedicated work by Malcolm Bain of ID Law Partners and Daniel German of the University of Victoria.

“OpenChain is an international project with an international audience,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “It is vital that we provide our core material in major languages to ensure that everyone has easy access to knowledge that makes open source more efficient. I am delighted to welcome our Spanish translations to the existing Japanese and Portuguese material, and I look forward to similar releases in other languages in the near future.”

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 OpenChain Translation page
• The OpenChain Specification in Spanish

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

OpenChain Welcomes Lyra Infosystems

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 20, 2017 — The OpenChain Project is proud to welcome Lyra Infosystems to the community of OpenChain Conformant organizations. Lyra provides a wide variety of IT services through offices in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Singapore, and has offered specialized solutions related to open source since its foundation.

“Lyra Infosystems’ conformance represents an important milestone for OpenChain,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “They are our first Indian community member and an organization with strategic reach into the broader ASEAN region.”

“It’s been a real pleasure for us to be An OpenChain Compliant Organization” said Rohit Sharma, Vice President, Lyra Infosystems. “Both our customers and prospects alike rely on Lyra’s expertise when it comes to complying with open source licenses. As a pioneer in the space of Compliance, Management and Governance of open source software, customers include the likes of small/medium /large companies cutting across various domains. OpenChain’s industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain coupled with Lyra’s Open Source Management and Support Services ensure that our clients now have access to solutions paramount for successful open source consumption, delivery and contribution.”

“It’s a significant partnership for Lyra in the region,” said Jalpa Joshi, Senior Project Manager of Lyra. “Our experience and long presence clearly suggests that organizations in this area not only recognize both benefits of open source and the risks of with misinformed deployment. We are excited to work in close quarters with a market visionary like OpenChain in building standard approaches to open source management and compliance across the eco-system”

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 OpenChain Conformance page
• The list of OpenChain Conformant organizations
• The Lyra Infosystems website

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

OpenChain Receives Further Contributions of Material

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 21, 2017 — The OpenChain Project today announces the contribution and adoption of policy material for inclusion in the OpenChain Curriculum. These materials include the ‘Linux Foundation Compliance Program: Generic FOSS Policy’ as well as the ‘Open Source Policy Template’ and the ‘Best Practices Template’ from the Directeur Interministériel des Systèmes d’ Information et de Communication (DISIC). As always, these educational materials are freely licensed under CC-0.

“OpenChain has a Specification that acts as the industry standard for open source compliance in the supply chain,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “Supporting this, and supporting smarter, easier use of open source, is a growing body of educational material. We call this the OpenChain Curriculum and today it has been bolstered by additional quality material to support future revisions.”

“An open source policy is a simple and pragmatic tool to embrace the full potential of open source within an organization,” says Laurent Joubert,  Chargé de mission –  Service performance et maîtrise des risques at Direction Interministérielle du Numérique du Système d’Information et de Communica. “It explicitly sets the expectations and rules for collaboration with the open-source communities and it can be extremely powerful to recruit and retain the best talents.”

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 OpenChain Curriculum page
• The Linux Foundation Generic FOSS Policy in PDF format
• The DISIC Open Source Policy Template in DOCX format
• The DISIC Best Practices Template in DOCX format

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

OpenChain Receives Best Practices Contribution

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 20, 2017 — The OpenChain Project today received a contribution of two best practices documents from Ibrahim Haddad, one of the most respected figures in open source governance and compliance matters. These two documents, Recommended Practices For Compliance Professionals and Recommended Engineering Practices, will be used to build out our future curriculum material. As with all material contributed to the curriculum of OpenChain these documents will be made available under CC-0 (public domain) licensing so that everyone can use, study, share and improve them in any way.

“The OpenChain Curriculum started as a set of training slides to help organizations meet the requirements of 1.2 of the OpenChain Specification,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “We quickly completed that task and considered where we could go next. The answer, as with so many others, lies in our community. We have seen terrific adoption of the curriculum slides and requests to provide further information. Knowledge has been flowing into OpenChain in the form of checklists, flowcharts and recommended practices. Our new Chair of Curriculum, Alexios Zavras from Intel, is collecting this material into a repository that will – in time – provide a unique launching point for open source training, process improvement and governance.”

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 OpenChain Curriculum page
• The newly contributed Recommended Practices For Compliance Professionals in DOCX format.
  The newly contributed Recommended Engineering Practices in DOCX format.

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.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.