The latest meeting of the OpenChain Export Control Work Group covered an extraordinary amount of ground. There is a proposal for the inclusion of export control information in a future revision of SPDX, and we had both a presentation about that work alongside the opportunity to comment on it. This recording is highly recommended as an onboarding point to our work group.
Korea Telecom (KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications operator, has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program. With 50,000 employees group-wide, KT has a long history in open source engagement, and has operated a dedicated team for its management since 2012.
KT operates a significant amount of automation for open source process management, and has pioneered solutions like K-COMPASS for open source project registration, review, verification and usage. It maintains courses in its own training system call Genius to help ensure new employees and developers understand their role in promoting excellence around open source.
KT’s decision to adopt ISO/IEC 5230 was based on a strategic interest in aligning with international standards for managing the supply chain. In a year-long process adjustment, the open source team ensured that all operational activities were not disrupted, but all aspects of the KT open source program matched the requirements outlined in the International Standard for open source license compliance.
“Today’s announcement marks an important milestone not only for the Korean supply chain but also the global management of open source in the telecommunications industry,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager. “With companies like Ericsson and Nokia chairing the OpenChain Board and our Telco Work Group respectively, it has long been clear that our approach to standardization resonates in this market vertical. However, major conformance announcements like this as a clear lighthouse indicating the path to the future of the supply chain. I want to commend the team involved, and also to thank them for far more than announced today. KT has been part of the OpenChain community for a while, and hosted one of our workgroups in 2019 at their KT DS Seoul headquarters. They have a clear understanding of how this community works, and how it drives business value through collaboration.”
Vectorverse, a company providing cloud analytics, has announced an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 conformant program. They join a growing community of entities in the cloud sector embracing the international standard for open source license compliance.
The OpenChain Newsletter provides a monthly summary of our work. It contains an overview of what we are doing to build trust around license compliance and security in the open source supply chain. We accept suggestions and ideas. Feel free to mail us at any time.
The OpenChain Japan Work Group recently held a meeting. As usual, it contained some great presentations and discussion. The recording of the meeting is now available below.
(Big thank you to Owada San for preparing the recording!)
We had a super busy call focused on editing update proposals for our core specifications (licensing and security) and editing new proposals for potential future specifications (contribution and SBOM quality). Full recording below.
On OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 (licensing) we closed this issue:
The OpenChain UK Work Group has been busy preparing a series of videos to talk about OpenChain. The videos are being released through November and you can get a sample below.
Amazing work all! Special credit to Martin Yagi for pulling this together.
