This is a record of the OpenChain Project Work Team Call from 03-02-2020.
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Newsletter – Issue 34 – February 2020
We are delighted to announce that Moxa is our latest Platinum Member company. As a leading provider of industrial edge-to-cloud connectivity and computing solutions for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments, Moxa has demonstrated its continuous commitment to open source compliance to enable advanced industrial networking and communications applications for the IIoT world.
“Moxa is thrilled to join the OpenChain Project to demonstrate our commitment in supporting open source compliance standard,” said Andy Cheng, President of Strategic Business Unit at Moxa. “Moxa has been a strong supporter of the Linux Foundation for some of its important projects such as Civil Infrastructure Project (CIP) for long-term support Linux distribution. We are now looking forward to working closely with the OpenChain community for industry standards of open source compliance.”
OpenChain @ Specification
- One Slide Summary of Where OpenChain Fits in Workflows. A request for comments:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/12/request-for-comments-one-slide-summary-of-where-openchain-fits-in-workflows
OpenChain @ Interviews
- The 10th OpenChain Project interview is live! Meet Alex:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/12/the-openchain-interviews-meet-alex - The OpenChain Interviews continue with our first male interviewee, Leon from the law firm GTC:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/13/the-openchain-interviews-meet-leon-from-gtc
OpenChain @ Conformance
- OpenChain Conformance: The Arm Case Study
This case study unpacks how the open source team at Arm used the OpenChain industry standard to simplify and speed their compliance process.
Find out more:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/02/17/openchain-conformance-the-arm-case-study - OpenChain Cheat Sheet – Conformance Requirements in One Page
Check out the slide + explanation here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/06/openchain-cheat-sheet-conformance-requirements-in-one-page
OpenChain @ Partners
- NTT DATA Italy collaborates with OpenChain project to build trust in open source:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/05/ntt-data-italy-collaborates-with-openchain-project-to-build-trust-in-open-source - PwC Provides Expanded Details on OpenChain Services:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/24/pwc-provides-expanded-details-on-openchain-services
OpenChain @ Work Groups
- OpenChain + SPDX Lite – Credit where Credit is Due
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has run an active licensing sub-work group throughout 2019. Their activity has been focused on practical applications of a streamlined Software Bill of Materials using core attributes of SPDX. Now that the work is advanced, collaboration with the SDPX Project is fully established, and we are heading into production it is time to highlight the individuals behind this initiative.
Find out more:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/24/openchain-spdx-lite-credit-where-credit-is-due - Slides from the OpenChain Automotive Work Group. Yuichi Kusakabe kindly made his slides from a recent global Automotive Work Group meeting available:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/17/slides-from-the-openchain-automotive-work-group - Minutes of the OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group Meeting – 12th February 2020:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/02/17/minutes-of-the-openchain-reference-tooling-work-group-meeting-12th-february-2020 - OpenChain Korea Work Group Meeting # 5 – Kakao Seoul on the 19th of March (remotely)
The 5th meeting of the OpenChain Korean Work Group will be hosted by Kakao in Seoul. See the agenda here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/02/17/openchain-korea-work-group-meeting-5-kakao-seoul-on-the-19th-of-march - OpenChain Japan Work Group Meeting # 13 – Cancelled
Due to the deteriorating situation in Japan with the COVID-19 virus we have taken the decision to cancel this event.
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/02/16/openchain-japan-work-group-meeting-13-cancelled - The video minutes for the first meeting of the OpenChain Germany Work Group are now available:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/07/openchain-germany-meeting-1-2020-02-06-video-minutes
and here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2020/02/07/openchain-germany-meeting-1-2020-02-06-minutes
OpenChain @ Third Party Certification
- Our partners over at PwC Germany have just released a video outlining their Third Part Certification for OpenChain Project. This is another example of the growing user community and support community around our industry standard for open source compliance.
See the video here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/06/material-to-help-contextualize-available-third-party-certification
OpenChain @ Events
- OpenChain @ DLA Piper’s Open Source In-House Counsel Discussion on February 26th
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/24/openchain-dla-piper-feb-2020 - OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group @ FOSDEM – February 2020
The OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group held a series of meetings adjacent to the FOSDEM conference in Brussels. Here are the outcomes and minutes as provided by Oliver Fendt:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/04/openchain-reference-tooling-work-group-fosdem-february-2020
OpenChain @ Translations
- Thanks to the hard work of Denis Dorotenko at Yandex (https://dorotenko.pro/english/) the OpenChain Specification 2.0 has a draft translation in Russian.
Read more here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/17/draft-openchain-specification-2-0-available-in-russian - OpenChain Supplier Education Leaflet – German Draft
Stefan from Fiducia & GAD IT announced yesterday that work is well advanced on a German translation of our Supplier Education Leaflet.
Read Stefan’s full announcement and call for support here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/07/openchain-supplier-education-leaflet-german-draft
OpenChain @ In The News
- OpenChain featured in Corporate Review Magazine
Read more here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/17/openchain-featured-in-corporate-review-magazine - OpenChain Featured in CIO Review India
Read the article here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2020/02/17/openchain-featured-in-cio-review-india
PwC offers Open Source Software management compliance attestation according to the OpenChain industry standard. Thanks to a global PwC reporting platform, the report can be made available to all clients, effectively demonstrating the professional and appropriate handling of Open Source Software.
Suppliers will benefit from PwC OSS certification in invitations to tender, in the initiation of contracts and in negotiations with purchasing departments. At the same time, they will benefit from the outwardly presentable proof of OSS compliance when selling their products and services, as they create confidence in their products
Specifics on PwC OpenChain Services
Check Out the Case Study Created for OpenChain
More About Their Open Source Work
The OpenChain Japan Work Group has run an active licensing sub-work group throughout 2019. Their activity has been focused on practical applications of a streamlined Software Bill of Materials using core attributes of SPDX. Now that the work is advanced, collaboration with the SDPX Project is fully established, and we are heading into production it is time to highlight the individuals behind this initiative.
Great Thanks are Due To
- Toru TAIMA
- Yuji NOMURA
- Yoshiyuki ITO
- Yoshiko OUCHI
- Norio KOBOTA
- Hiroyuki FUKUCHI
Taima-san from Pioneer is the senior contributor to this effort who defined the initial fields based on a practical business use case.
Nomura-san from Hitachi, Ito-san from Renesas and Ouchi-san from Fujitsu proposed improvements to the SPDX Lite description and format.
Kobota-san from Sony took lead on confirming full compatibility between SPDX and SPDX Lite.
And of course Fukuchi-san from Sony proposed the original concept, formed the sub-work group, and wrote the proposal of SPDX Lite.
In addition to these contributors all the members of “license info” sub-group contributed to the work and final go-to-market activity.
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The 5th meeting of the OpenChain Korean Work Group scheduled to be hosted by Kakao in Seoul on the 19th of March has been cancelled. The cancellation is due to COVID-19 and joins recent cancellations of face-to-face work group meetings in China and Japan.
We are exploring the possibility of holding the meeting via teleconference. Most details to follow soon.
More Information on the Korea Mailing List
DLA Piper’s Open Source In-house Counsel Discussion series is managed by and for in-house counsel, providing them with a venue to discuss open source legal issues under the Chatham House rule. Following on our initial meeting in Fall 2019, we will holding OSS In-house Counsel Discussions every quarter, alternating between morning and afternoon to enable participation from Europe and Asia, respectively.
We will explore the following topics (thanks to our volunteers!), as well as other late-breaking issues:
- Recent Developments in OSS – led by Mark Radcliffe, Chair of OSS Group, DLA Piper
- GPL Dispute: Ubiquiti Networks vs. Cambium Networks.
These two companies are both raising claims about GPL violations. This case and the Versata line of cases demonstrate that claims around GPL violations are now being brought in suits between commercial entities, as well as highlight the importance of compliance with license obligations – led by Nissa Strottman, Vice President, VP, Product and Operations. - OSS and Cloud.
Cloud-based platforms and software offerings – whether application, computer or storage – are among the fastest-growing areas of the industry. We will discuss the different legal implications based on different distribution or deployment models – led by Christine Lam, Director of IP at Netapp. - OpenChain Update.
The OpenChain Project is very active with major companies such as Microsoft becoming certified. The OpenChain Project expects to receive ISO certification soon. Shane will discuss his predictions about the effect of ISO corticationled by Shane Coughlan, General Manager, OpenChain at Linux Foundation.
Our Regular OpenChain Third Monday call was held today at 5pm Pacific. We had attendees from Korea, Japan and the USA. This call caught everyone up with the latest news and provided a forum to discuss next steps in our conformance, reference and other material.
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Yuichi Kusakabe kindly made his slides from a recent global Automotive Work Group meeting available.
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