The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Hitachi. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from companies around the world.
This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 license. Normally contributions are released under CC-0 around the OpenChain Project. However, given that case studies are reports rather than contributions of processes, policies or reference material, and given requests from companies to ensure their stance is reflected accurately, we have decided to license the reports in a no derivative format.
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Fujitsu. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from companies around the world.
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce the release of an open source compliance case study from Toyota. This case study joins our growing body of examples and knowledge-sharing from companies around the world.
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of Japanese checklists to assist with open source compliance and OpenChain conformance. These checklists are part of the project’s curriculum material and provide a great starting point for addressing key requirements of quality open source compliance programs. As with all reference material produced by the OpenChain Project these checklists are available under CC-0 (effectively public domain) licensing terms.
The OpenChain Project is delighted to announce the immediate availability of onboarding material in Japanese. These documents are intended to help companies quickly understand the purpose and value of OpenChain, and to provide a clear way to participate through our extremely active Japan Work Group. The Work Group, formed last December, holds meetings bi-monthly. The last meeting had over 40 representatives from 26 companies gathering to share information about their experiences and best practices.





The OpenChain Project will be featured at a workshop co-organized by our partner Software Compliance Academy and the experienced open source company KDAB in Berlin on the 14th and 15th June. This event will feature a morning keynote by Shane Coughlan at 10am on the 15th of June and provides a great starting point for organizations interested in adopting the key requirements of a quality open source program.
The OpenChain Project ran a well-attended workshop at the FOSS Backstage event in Berlin on the 14th of June. The workshop discussed the OpenChain standard, reference materials, and how projects like SPDX and Quartermaster fit together to offer practical solutions to modern compliance challenges.
