Abstract: OpenChain standardizes license compliance requirements around the use of open source software in the supply chain. Customers purchasing from an OpenChain compliant company know that the software has been developed in line with a set of documented and tested procedures and that all the relevant meta data (SBOMs and compliance notices) is available. So what does that mean for you?
Check out the webinar to learn why companies like Scania (Volkswagen group), Cisco, ARM, Facebook, Uber, Google, Microsoft, Sony and Qualcomm rely on OpenChain. We’ll cover:
•The history of OpenChain, steps to compliance and overall benefits •How OpenChain scales, and works for companies large and small •What happens when the 2.1 specification becomes an ISO standard in September 2020
The full video minutes of our most recent OpenChain Korea Work Group meeting are now available.
Thanks to the efforts of Haksung and team we now have a recording of the recent OpenChain Korea Work Team meeting:
This meeting was held in Korean and will be useful to help inform and encourage companies in the region considering or working on adoption of our industry standard for open source compliance.
This webinar was a live walk-through of the Conformance Questionnaire with example solutions to each question required for OpenChain conformance. It was designed to be immediately useful to any organization considering or undergoing OpenChain conformance.
The OpenChain Project welcomes BMW CarIT GmbH as our 20th Platinum Member. BMW CarIT GmbH joins the governing board of the project ahead of our expected completion of the ISO process in September 2020. Their knowledge, support and expertise is expected to be an invaluable component of the next steps in adoption of the industry standard for open source compliance. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/07/09/openchain-welcomes-bmw-carit-gmbh-as-the-latest-platinum-member
OpenChain @ Partners
Bitsea, a company helping customers to analyse, assess, and optimize Software Development processes, has joined the OpenChain Partner program. This marks another significant expansion of the OpenChain ecosystem into the German software industry, and provides another milestone in our preparation to support our growth as a formal International Standard in Q4. https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/07/30/bitsea-is-the-latest-openchain-partner
credativ, a leading open source support and services provider, announced OpenChain 2.0 conformance. credativ was an early adopter of the industry standard for open source compliance, and the adoption of 2.0 further demonstrates their commitment to continual improvement across all aspects of their business: https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/07/02/credativ-announces-openchain-2-0-conformance
We took a look at how GitLab addresses compliance for this webinar on the 20th of July. Mo Khan, Senior Backend Engineer, explained the approach offered to users and why it is effective. One of the most interesting things we explored is how it all works with CI/CD, a hot topic in the OpenChain community and beyond.
OSS技術センターが富士通のOpen Source Program Officeとして社内外から認知されて相談に乗れるように、今後も専門組織として取り組んでいきます。 また、富士通はグローバルカンパニーとして、富士通の北米、欧州、アジア部門とも連携してOpenChainの取り組みをはじめ、連携しながら活動していきます。
This webinar covered two strategic topics. VM (Vicky) Brasseur opened with a discussion on Lessons Learned over her wide-ranging career in open source and business. Katy Gibson and Robert Grannells then discussed how an initiative in the UK is fostering Future Leaders in our field, a timely topic given recent observations by parties like Linus regarding the challenge of finding new blood to take over old projects.
VM (Vicky) Brasseur corporate strategist, open source & technical leader, author, speaker Resume Book About Publications Presentations
VM (Vicky) Brasseur is an award-winning free/open source advocate and corporate strategist, international keynote speaker, and writer. She’s the author of Forge Your Future with Open Source, the only book detailing how to contribute to free/open source (FOSS) projects. Aside from articles in various publications, she also writes about FOSS, business, and their intersection on her blog.
Katy Gibson – Associate Commercial IP/IT Solicitor – Bristows LLP – Co-chair of the OpenUK Future Leaders Group
Katy is an Associate in the Commercial IP/IT Team at Bristows LLP and advises on a variety of matters involving data protection, IT and intellectual property for clients in a range of industries, including those within the Life Sciences and TMT sectors. She trained at Bristows and qualified in 2018.
Robert Grannells – Associate Technology Solicitor – Fieldfisher LLP – Co-chair of the OpenUK Future Leaders Group
Robert is a technology lawyer experienced in advising a variety of clients of all sectors and sizes, on a variety of issues across software, hardware, infrastructure, networking, open source and web technologies. He has extensive knowledge of the actual technology underpinning what his clients do, want they want to use and how they need it to work to get business done.
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK
Amanda is CEO of the UK body for “open technology being open source software, open hardware and open data”, OpenUK; the Chair of the Open Source and Intellectual Property (IP) Advisory Group of the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs; European Representative of the world’s biggest defensive patent pool, the Open Invention Network; OASIS Open Projects’ Advisory Council Member(open source and open standards); Advisory Board Member KDE; Advisory Board Member Beamery and Mentors C Suite individuals.
