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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. https://youtu.be/Cya3OgVSXAI More About Our Webinars: This event is part of the overarching OpenChain Project Webinar Series. Our series highlights knowledge from throughout…

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 in the world discussing open source development, management and (most importantly for us) legal, licensing and automation. https://youtu.be/P6HseoTVFlg

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 covers topics far beyond open source compliance, with one example being fields for topics like Export Control. Gary's deep background…

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. https://youtu.be/Qbfrz8Ezszc Get The Slides https://www.slideshare.net/ShaneCoughlan3/openchain-webinar-57-the-open-source-initiative-20231127 Check Out The Rest Of Our Webinars https://www.openchainproject.org/webinars This is OpenChain Webinar #57, released on 2023-12-06.

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 refining images and video, all this in seconds.  GAI tools can even be used to write, test and improve computer…

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 key takeaway is that a significant number of variations exist (40 "vanilla" copies from the FSF or GNU website, 12…

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,’ unpacking work being done around WebAssembly, compliance and the questions lawyers can usefully ask. https://youtu.be/es9-FIRkhFc Get the full report Armijn…

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

https://youtu.be/T_iGOyjmyOc 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 marketing OpenChain-specific services, and in exchange they help with community outreach, education and other aspects of collaborative (and free)…

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. https://youtu.be/3Da5jKw7fRY Check Out The Rest Of Our Webinars https://www.openchainproject.org/webinars This is OpenChain Webinar #42, released on 2022-06-14.

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 technical ability of user companies, and their individual determinations of accuracy or risk, they do suggest avenues to increase efficiency-at-scale.…