https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/29/china-roadshow-openatom-global-summit-2023-june-11-13
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/29/china-roadshow-greetings-to-shanghai-open
The OpenChain Project is proud to announce that we are holding a community meetup on the 1st of June in Beijing. As you can see from the image above, a ton of organizations and companies are supporting this initiative. Our schedule includes international perspectives with Mary Wang, Director of Open Source Ecosystem at Volvo Cars in Sweden giving a key talk, as well as some great talks from local speakers.
Check Out The Event Website
Eagle-eyed members of the community will have noticed new mascots appearing gradually over the last couple of weeks around the OpenChain Project material and events. These new mascots for 2023 have been created by Soim Kim of the OpenChain Korea Work Group, and represent a new way to add a playful feel to community outreach. The basic concept is pretty simple: around open source people often use penguins (like we have done for the past five years), but what about all the other wonderful creatures from cold climates? Snow foxes, polar bears and so many more? Well… OpenChain is here to the rescue. We are featuring them all! Over time it is hoped that we can build our new friends in various different poses to help make sure they offer great support to all that we do.
In the near term you will find them in plenty of variants already, and you can expect to see stickers, mugs, t-shirts and many more things appearing at events and at our work group meetings in the coming months. You can download our new images and play with them via the OpenChain GitHub repo for image assets:
Naturally you can still use our traditional penguins too. These dear friends are part of our history and have provided a splash of color to all sorts of slides, handouts and other material.
You will always find them in the image assets repo as well:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Image-Assets/tree/master/Official/Penguin-Images
The OpenChain Project community is an amazing place. We do a lot of corporate outreach, planning and execution. But we also do a lot of community meetings, events and workshops. Balancing our day-to-day work requirements and the additional opportunities for personal and professional networking is part of our DNA.
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/tree/master/General-Compliance-Support-Material/Risk-Grid
Our Current Draft Language Is Hosted On GitHub
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/tree/master/Adoption-Preparation/Model-Provisions
Check out the recording of our meeting and the slides here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2023/05/26/openchain-legal-work-group-2023-05-25-overview-and-recording
The next meeting is scheduled for June 29th at 09:00 PDT / 16:00 UTC / 18:00 CEST / 00:00 CST / 01:00 KST + JST
Anyone can join our mailing list to track our work and contribute to the development of the model provisions:
https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/legal-wg
Reminder:
The goal is to ensure people can understand options. We will not be prescriptive and these model provisions will remain part of the OpenChain reference material. They will not be included in the standards themselves.
Learn more:
https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2023/05/25/china-roadshow-openchain-open-source-governance-conference-2023-06-03
Learn more:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/25/china-roadshow-openchain-oscar
Learn more:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/25/china-roadshow-openchain-gotc
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/25/ospo-local-meetup-8-japan-japanese-speaking-2023-05-26
Our current draft document is here:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/blob/master/Adoption-Preparation/Model-Provisions/openchain-standards-model-provisions.0.2.md
Further discussion will be occurring to revise and improve. Next call in one month. Meanwhile, full update on this call coming in the next couple of days along with the recording.
On May 25, 2023, at 18:12, Shane Coughlan <scoughlan@...> wrote:
Dear all
A reminder that the OpenChain Legal Work Group is meeting today (25th May) at 09:00 PDT.
We are working on model provisions to help legal departments think through our standards in the context of procurement. Review the outcomes of our previous meeting here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/15/2nd-meeting-legal-wg
Join the call here:
https://zoom.us/j/96098580398
NOTE: this is not our usual Zoom link. We are using a different one because the education work group is meeting at the same time.
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Regards
Shane<OpenChain Legal Work Group Meeting - Model Provisions for Procurement Discussions and Contracts.ics>
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/4377592799
On May 25, 2023, at 17:57, Shane Coughlan via lists.openchainproject.org <scoughlan=linuxfoundation.org@...> wrote:
Dear all
A reminder that the OpenChain Education Work Group is meeting today (25th May) at 09:00 PDT. Nathan will lead the discussion around the supplier education leaflet, and he will also table new reference material work.
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/4377592799
Regards
Shane
<OpenChain Education Work Group Call.ics>
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/blob/master/Adoption-Preparation/Model-Provisions/openchain-standards-model-provisions.0.1.md
This is *not* intended to be a workable solution. It is intended to help us brainstorm on the call.
The call starts at 09:00 PDT / 16:00 UTC / 18:00 CEST on the 25th of May. In Asia 00:00 CST / 01:00 KST + JST, 26th May.
Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/96098580398
Provisions included below for reference.
# Overview
This is a document to explore model provisions for OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 or ISO/IEC DIS 18974 in procurement contracts and similar material. It is based on the public domain Risk Grid version 12 hosted in the OpenChain Reference Library on GitHub:
https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Reference-Material/blob/master/General-Compliance-Support-Material/Risk-Grid/risk-grid-12.md
The goal of this document is to ensure people can understand options. We will not be prescriptive and these model provisions will remain part of the OpenChain reference material. They will not be included in the OpenChain standards themselves.
# Structure:
Each issue is formatted as follows:
- Issue
- Commentary
- Who is best placed to bear risk?
- Best mechanism to tackle risk
- Sample Wording
- Supplier's Arguments
- Customer's Arguments
# Overarching Topics
## Issue - Inclusion of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230
### Commentary
None listed.
### Who is best placed to bear risk?
Supplier.
### Best mechanism to tackle risk
None listed.
### Sample Wording
The Supplier warrants that the Software originates from an OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2000 Conformant Program [under the control of the Supplier / under the control of a provider to the Supplier].
The Supplier [further] warrants that[, so far as it is aware,] the Software complies the Program Guidelines provided by OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2000 at the time of delivery.
[The Supplier does not warrant that use, modification or further distribution by the Customer of the Software constitutes a continuation of adherence to OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2000 Program Guidelines].
### Supplier's Arguments
The Supplier may argue that the inclusion of these requirements or the extent of the requirements included introduce a cost-burden that need to be offset.
### Customer's Arguments
The Customer is receiving a potential liability regarding third-party intellectual property along with the Software deliverable from the Supplier. As such, it is reasonable to request that the Supplier adheres to international standards related to the licensing of this third-party intellectual property.
## Issue - Inclusion of OpenChain ISO/IEC DIS 18974
### Commentary
None listed.
### Who is best placed to bear risk?
Supplier.
### Best mechanism to tackle risk
None listed.
### Sample Wording
The Supplier warrants that the Software originates from an OpenChain ISO/IEC DIS 18974 Conformant Program [under the control of the Supplier / under the control of a provider to the Supplier].
The Supplier [further] warrants that[, so far as it is aware,] the Software complies the Program Guidelines provided by OpenChain ISO/IEC DIS 18974 at the time of delivery.
[The Supplier does not warrant that use, modification or further distribution by the Customer of the Software constitutes a continuation of adherence to OpenChain ISO/IEC DIS 18974 Program Guidelines].
### Supplier's Arguments
The Supplier may argue that the inclusion of these requirements or the extent of the requirements included introduce a cost-burden that need to be offset.
### Customer's Arguments
The Customer is receiving a potential liability regarding security along with the Software deliverable from the Supplier. As such, it is reasonable to request that the Supplier adheres to international standards related to the managing of security assurance related to the Software.
A reminder that the OpenChain Legal Work Group is meeting today (25th May) at 09:00 PDT.
We are working on model provisions to help legal departments think through our standards in the context of procurement. Review the outcomes of our previous meeting here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2023/05/15/2nd-meeting-legal-wg
Join the call here:
https://zoom.us/j/96098580398
NOTE: this is not our usual Zoom link. We are using a different one because the education work group is meeting at the same time.
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Regards
Shane
==
Dear all
A reminder that the OpenChain Education Work Group is meeting today (25th May) at 09:00 PDT. Nathan will lead the discussion around the supplier education leaflet, and he will also table new reference material work.
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/4377592799
Regards
Shane
A reminder that the OpenChain Education Work Group is meeting today (25th May) at 09:00 PDT. Nathan will lead the discussion around the supplier education leaflet, and he will also table new reference material work.
See attached calendar invite for more details.
Join here:
https://zoom.us/j/4377592799
Regards
Shane
The details for the June meeting of the OpenChainUK WorkGroup have now been announced:
- Date: 7th June 2023
- Time: 12:00 – 17:00
- Venue: First Light Fusion – Mead Road, Yarnton, Kidlington OX5 1QU
Please note
The meeting will also be available to join virtually. Please register as normal and login details will be sent to you prior to the meeting.
Numbers to attend the meeting in person may be limited, so we would encourage early registration.
If you are attending in person you will need to bring a photo ID with you (driving license / passport. Company ID / business cards cannot be accepted).
With the current roadworks, road closures and train line closures, we would advice attendees plan well in advance and leave in good time.
Meeting Agenda
- An update from Martin on the bitesized videos
- An update from Finnian on the anonymised case study project
- Case studies workshop
- Discussion on testimonials: what license(s) to use, can/should we include OC logos (all or some versions), how do we ‘release’ the material and to whom?
- Discussion of ‘OpenChain October’ with bitesize videos inspired by the Japan WG ‘advent calendar’.
- Discussion around liaising with the Japan WG
- Videoing of introductions and testimonials
Book
The meeting is free of charge, and is open to anyone (whether in the UK or otherwise) interested in finding out more about why companies of all sizes are embracing OpenChain.
To confirm your place either in person or virtually so that we can guage numbers, please complete the Eventbrite booking form.
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Jimmy Ahlberg (OpenChain Chairperson) and Eleftheria Stefanaki have published an article entitled ‘Efficient IP management in a market increasingly using open source’ on IAM.
From The Article
Imagine finding out that 90% of the software in your products is not yours but only licensed in as third-party IP. As soon as you start reading the agreements, you realise some of them contain terms you are not familiar with or have never even heard of before, such as “source code”, “binary”, “object code”, and “system libraries”. Moreover, you cannot find basic contractual provisions such as “governing law” or “jurisdiction” in the agreements. These agreements (and there are hundreds of them) are all different, non-negotiable, ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ standard template licences.
[…]
Against this background, this article describes the significance of open source management in the context of IP management. We would like to introduce you to the OpenChain Specification 2.1 (ISO/IEC 5230:2020) on open source licence compliance, and the benefits of implementing such a programme within the framework of your existing IP management.
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