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Webinar: CHAOSS Practitioner Guides for Healthy & Sustainable OSS Projects

We had an insightful session with Dawn Foster on sustaining OSS projects and communities over the long-term. The CHAOSS project has been creating a series of MIT-licensed Practitioner Guides focused…

Webinar: Enabling SBOMs Across The Linux Foundation

We have been doing source level license scans for Linux Foundation (LF) projects for a long time including generating SPDX formatted files, but what about SBOMs that can meet (and…

Webinar: SBOM Visualization – An Alternative Approach to Reviewing SBOMs

When we think about Software Build of Materials, we are looking at what might be a multi-dimensional space consisting of hierarchy, linking, modification, export restrictions, security vulnerabilities, distribution type, versions,…

Webinar: The Role of Data in the Supply Chain of AI

To help you navigate the complexities of AI, data and the supply chain, Nick Schifano CEO and founder of FastCatalog.ai discussed the intersection of AI innovation and legal frameworks. With years of…

Webinar: AI – The Current Legal Landscape

This OpenChain webinar focused on the current legal landscape of AI, covering four main topics: (1) open source and AI, (2) current litigation around AI, (3) an overview of current…

Webinar: IAV, TimeToAct and ISO/IEC 5230 – Third-Party Certification Case Study

IAV GmbH has announced adoption of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 via third-party certification provided by TimeToAct. Adjacent to this, IAV and TimeToAct has collaborated with the OpenChain Project on a webinar and…

OpenChain Webinar: Open Source Due Diligence for M&A

This webinar features a speaker who has “been there” as we discuss best practices before, during, and after the due diligence phase to ensure post-close success. We cover:(a) Why open…

Webinar – OFE Briefing on the EU Product Liability Directive

On the 11th of June 2024, 07:00 UTC there was a special briefing from OpenForum Europe (OFE) on the EU Product Liability Directive. It is part of a series provided…

Webinar – OFE Briefing on the EU AI Act

On the 28th of May 2024, 07:00 UTC there was a special briefing from OpenForum Europe (OFE) on the EU AI Act. It is part of a series provided by…

OpenChain Webinar: AboutCode and Beyond – End-to-End SCA

This OpenChain Webinar digs into open source tooling with open data for open source compliance. Full Overview From The Presenters Ensuring software license and security compliance can be difficult. Managing…

Webinar: OFE Briefing on the Cyber Resilience Act

This webinar is a special briefing lead by Ciarán O’Riordan, Senior Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe (OFE), on European policy matters that impact open source, business processes and risk management….

Webinar: LF Management & Best Practices Portal

This webinar by Hilary Carter, SVP Research at The Linux Foundation, unpacked LF Management & Best Practices, the digital home where communities of “best practice” converge. Here, you’ll be able…

Webinar: SCANOSS Export Control

This time we had a special Webinar from Julian at SCANOSS to show us how they have collected and built solutions around managing open source and export control. More About…

Webinar: FOSDEM 2024 Recap

For the second year in row, we welcome Philippe Ombredanne to recap the FOSDEM event for us. This is a great way to catch-up on one of the best events…

Webinar: SPDX 3.1 – Services Profile Overview

Gary O’Neall of Source Auditor talked about how the new SPDX Services Profile proposal structures information. This profile is likely to have an important on business process management, as it…

Webinar: The Open Source Initiative

Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative, joined us to explain what is happening around the Open Source Definition, AI and more. Get The Slides Check Out The…

Webinar: Generative AI and Your Code

Maximizing the Opportunity While Managing the Risks Generative AI (GAI) provides powerful opportunities for innovation and productivity across all organizational functions – from composing emails and crafting press releases to retouching and…

Webinar: GPLv2 Licensing History

This OpenChain Webinar features an overview of GPLv2 licensing fragmentation based on research initiated by Philippe Ombredanne of NexB and continued by Armijn Hemel of Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions. The…

Webinar: A WebAssembly Fireside Chat with Armijn Hemel

This OpenChain webinar was released as a recording adjacent to the Open Compliance Summit keynotes here in Yokohama, Japan. This time we are having ‘A WebAssembly Fireside Chat with Armijn Hemel,’…

Webinar: LEX PAN LAW & OPSEQUIO and their OpenChain-Related Services

This series highlights offerings from various service providers throughout the global OpenChain eco-system. Each featured partner has an official relationship with the project, whereby they may use our trademark for…

Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities for SCA Vendors in China + Quantifying Open Source Risk in M&A

This webinar explores how SCA and tooling vendors in China are addressing the local market, and how open source risk can be managed around M&A. Check Out The Rest Of…

Webinar: Semi-Automated Clearing Of Files With Proximity Matching

This webinar returned to automation topics with a review of how clearing can be made faster by using techniques like proximity matching. While approaches like this inherently depend on the…

Webinar: The Mulan License

This webinar unpacked the Mulan license family, an emerging activity from China with implications regarding the governance of open source as it expands around the world. Providing licenses designed in…

Webinar: Netfilter and McHardy Settlement

This webinar provided a case study of the settlement between the Netfilter Project and Patrick McHardy, a concluding chapter of the long-running “copyright trolling” concern that had caused concern in…

Webinar: GPLv3 Case in Italy

This webinar provided a practical case-study of a GPLv3 enforcement case in Italy, allowing viewers to understand how such situations unfold, and what they mean for open source governance and…

Webinar: The McHardy Story

This webinar provided a case-study around a long-lasting concern around “copyright trolling” that faced the open source community for around a decade. It explored the beginnings, the lessons learned, and…

Webinar: Getting Started With OpenChain

This webinar was a simple overview of how companies can begin to engage with the OpenChain Project, the standard for open source license compliance it maintains, and use the reference…

Webinar: ISO 5230 Readiness Assessment

This webinar covered the concept of preparing for adoption of ISO 5230 via readiness assessments. This approach can provide a company with a structured way of allocating resources to improve…

Webinar: Compliance Around Old Development Projects + ISO 5230 in Software Quality Management

In this webinar we had two great talks and a very active Q&A. First we had Dr. Till Jaeger from JBB Rechtsanwälte on ‘How to bring an ancient development project…

Webinar: OpenChain ISO 5230 in Venture Capital

This webinar explored how ISO 5230, the International Standard for open source license compliance, is being used by Venture Capital firms to assess the quality of corporate governance they encounter….

Webinar: Linux License Clean-Up Disorder Dispelled + ISO 5230 in the Context of Security

This webinar unpacked the complexity and solutions for addressing licensing across a large code-base like the Linux Kernel, and it explained how ISO 5230 has been applied to the security…

Webinar: Automation Workflows, IP Protection, Legal Solvers

This webinar covered three major items: You can see some of the images and slides below. Check Out The Rest Of Our Webinars This is OpenChain Webinar #20, released on…

Webinar: OpenChain ISO 5230 in the Supply Chain

This webinar explains how ISO 5230, the International Standard for open source license compliance, works with and changes the global supply chain. Check Out The Rest Of Our Webinars This…

Webinar: Build Your Own Open Source Policy With The OSADL Template

This webinar welcomed Carsten Emde and Caren Kresse from OSADL to talk about building your own Open Source policy with the OSADL template. Check Out The Rest Of Our Webinars This…

Webinar: Open Source Issues Remediation + Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools + CII Best Practices

In our biggest webinar to date, Jari Koivisto talked about Open Source Issues Remediation, Gary O’Neall talked about Community Bridge and SPDX Online Tools and David Wheeler talked about CII Best…

Webinar: Compliance @ GitLab

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…

Webinar: Software Heritage + Making Compliance Scalable in a Container World

This time we explored Software Heritage, an initiative whose goal is to collect, preserve, and share software code, and continued our discussion of containers from the perspective of scalable compliance….

Webinar: Unpacking SPDX 2 2 + SPDX Lite

In this webinar we unpacked how the newly released SPDX 2.2. SPDX, as a leading industry standard for Software Bill of Materials, plays a pivotal role in the implementation of…

Webinar: Contribution Policies + Open Source in M&A

In this webinar Tobie Langel spoke about ‘Open Source Contribution Policies That Don’t Suck.’ Leon Schwartz and Tony Decicco from GTC Law provided an overview of open source-related topics in…

Webinar: China Update + Facebook Case Study

This webinar is about the current Chinese market and it also provides an update on what Facebook is doing around open source governance and licensing. Our Presenters Maggie Wang spoke…

Webinar: Supply Chain Governance + Container Compliance – Full Recording

This webinar covers Supply Chain Governance and Container Compliance. Our Presenters Dr. Nikolay Harutyunyan spoke about ‘Corporate Open Source Governance of Software Supply Chains’, a talk based on recently published…