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The OpenChain Project will be featured in a Flexera webinar on the 25th of October at 11am Central Time. This event will serve as a great starting point for any organization seeking to adopt the key processes of a quality open source compliance program. The webinar will be hosted by Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, and Jeff Luszcz, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera.

Points covered:

• Overview of the software supply chain; why is OpenChain necessary
• What is OpenChain and how does it address software supply chain issues
• How is OpenChain being deployed in the market right now

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• Open Source Central: The Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project Explained

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that our friends at TÜV SÜD Japan have launched an OpenChain Certification Program. This is the first such program and foreshadows a series of announcements over the coming months.

The core of the OpenChain Project is our specification (standard) and our simple, free process for self-certification. Commercial activities adjacent to this by TÜV SÜD Japan and other organizations are complementary, providing an avenue for verified/audited certification for entities that want to have this level of assurance.

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• TÜV SÜD Japan (Japanese)
• PR Times (Japanese)

“One of the key requirements for any quality open source program is to comply with the requirements of open source licences. Companies, especially new entrants to the field, often have a lot of questions about what processes to follow, the methods of compliance and what challenges may be involved. The OpenChain Project by the Linux Foundation is a standard developed to solve and answer all these questions. To understand more about the OpenChain Project, Ankita K.S. from the EFY Group had a chat with Shane Coughlan, OpenChain general manager at the Linux Foundation.”

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• OpenChain Project: Managing Open Source Compliance Across the Software Supply Chain

About Open Source For You

Open Source For You is Asia’s leading IT publication focused on open source technologies. Launched in February 2003 (as Linux For You), the magazine aims to help techies avail the benefits of open source software and solutions.

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our fifth and final major company educational case study. This contribution comes from Fujitsu and is available in both English and Japanese.

“Five Japanese companies with a vision of building broader, stronger community engagement have contributed a great deal through recent educational case studies,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “This marks another inflection point in our steady march towards ensuring open source compliance in the supply chain is effective, measurable and efficient.”

This case study is made available under the CC-BY-ND 4.0 license.

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• Get the case study in PDF format
• Get the case study in PPTX format
• Get the case study in ODP format

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our fourth educational case study. This contribution comes from Toyota and is available in both English and Japanese.

“Our goal with these case studies is to help companies of all sizes understand approaches to open source education approaches,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “In a massive company like Toyota there are scale challenges that are as applicable to large multinationals in other sectors as they are to the automotive segment.”

This case study is made available under the CC-BY-ND 4.0 license.

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• Get the case study in PDF format
• Get the case study in PPTX format
• Get the case study in ODP format

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our third educational case study. This contribution comes from Sony and is available in both English and Japanese.

“Our Japan Work Group is going from strength to strength” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Sony has been a pivotal leader in both building out the community and driving productive discussion. This case study, as with our recent releases from Panasonic and Toshiba, provides a useful reference in both English and Japanese.”

This case study is made available under the CC-BY-ND 4.0 license.

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• Get the case study in PPTX format
• Get the case study in ODP format

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce our second educational case study. This contribution comes from Toshiba and is available in both English and Japanese.

“The OpenChain Japan Work Group has inspired numerous contributions,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Toshiba has been deeply involved in this process and in providing guidance to help guide their peers. The new educational case study builds on this and provides a useful reference in both English and Japanese.”

This case study is made available under the CC-BY-ND 4.0 license.

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• Get the case study in PPTX format
• Get the case study in ODP format

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the first in a new series of open source educational case studies. Panasonic takes center stage today with an overview of their activities in both English and Japanese.

“The OpenChain Japan Work Group has proven to be a fruitful venue to share knowledge among numerous open source stakeholders,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Chief among this sharing has been a sequence of case studies from participants explaining how they address various compliance challenges. Today we kick off the release of a new set of such studies, this time focused on education around open source.”

This case study is made available under the CC-BY-ND 4.0 license.

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• Get the case study in PDF format
• Get the case study in PPTX format
• Get the case study in ODP format

The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce that Indira Bhatt will act as the OpenChain Community Representative during our inaugural Steering Committee meeting at 8:30am Pacific on the 13th of September.

Indira is a Manager in KPMG’s San Francisco Advisory practice with nearly 10 years of experience in the area of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) due diligence. She has extensive experience in setting up FOSS compliance teams including leading, training and mentoring junior and senior analysts. Indira has helped various organizations successfully contribute code to the open source community and establish FOSS review boards by either defining or refining existing governance and usage and approval policies and procedures. Prior to this, Indira was a windows mobile developer for various startups in the Bay Area.

“There is nothing more important than community when building international collaboration,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Our first Steering Committee meeting marks both a sign of maturity in the project and a new avenue for ensuring community perspectives are considered in each critical decision around our standard. We envision rotating the community seats with each quarterly meeting, and starting today with Indira we are making this process a reality.”

You can connect with Indira via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/indirabhatt/

Andrew Katz from Moorcrofts LLP – an OpenChain Partner Company – has been confirmed as a speaker at the Open Source Strategy Forum. The Open Source Strategy Forum, presented by FINOS, is a two-day conference for financial technology professionals looking to accelerate open source engagement at their firms. It will take place on the 14th and 15th November 2018 in London.

The program will feature three tracks, each guiding attendees from fundamental concepts to in-depth, practical knowledge in one of three areas: business value & strategy, policy & process, and tools & technology. Attendees will leave with the information and skills necessary to move their firms toward open source readiness.

“The OpenChain Project has seen tremendous interest from users of open source software and providers of services adjacent to this market-space,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “Moorcroft’s outreach in the United Kingdom has been critical in both raising interest and ensuring understanding in the European market. The speech at Open Source Strategy Forum will open a new front in our outreach and positively impact our growth as we head towards 2019.”

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• Visit the Open Source Strategy Forum website:
  https://opensourcestrategyforum.org/