Open Compliance Summit 2013: Full Schedule

9:00am JST

Door Open & Registration

Thursday December 12, 2013 9:00am - 10:00am JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

10:00am JST

Opening Remarks: State of Linux & our compliance efforts, Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation & Mike Dolan, Director of Client Services, The Linux Foundation

During this open remarks, the leaders of Linux Foundation will provide the participants of the conference with the overview of Linux industry and its challenges on the license compliance.Jim Zemlin, the Executive Director of Linux Foundation, will provide the audience with his insight about the state of over all Linux industry.Mike Dolan, Director of Client Services at Linux Foundation, will pointing out the current compliance challenges industry is facing, and give you an updates about how the Linux Foundation is trying to solve these challenges through their Open Compliance Program.

Speakers

Mike Dolan

SVP and GM of Projects, The Linux Foundation

Michael Dolan is SVP and GM of Projects at the Linux Foundation supporting open source projects and legal programs He has set up and launched hundreds of open source and open standards projects covering technology segments including networking, virtualization, cloud, blockchain, Internet... Read More →

Jim Zemlin

Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

Zemlin’s career spans three of the largest technology trends to rise over the last decade: mobile computing, cloud computing and open source software. Today, as executive director of The Linux Foundation, he uses this experience to accelerate the adoption of Linux and support the... Read More →

Thursday December 12, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Keynote

11:00am JST

Open Source Compliance – From Risk Mitigation to Competitive Advantage, Tim Yeaton, CEO, Black Duck Software

Open source, and its collaborative development model, has produced a renaissance in software development – driving global business value via accelerating innovation. Today’s more than one million open source projects are projected to more than double by the end of 2014. Traditional IT barriers to OSS adoption – concerns about quality, security, support – are falling away rapidly. At the same time, the open source process is evolving rapidly, producing innovation at an unprecedented rate. Proof of open source’s importance can be seen in many of today’s most significant technology trends, driven by open source methods and technologies: mobile, cloud, big data, social media.

In this presentation, Tim Yeaton will discuss the evolution of Open Source management, reviewing how the consumption and management of open source has evolved from one focused on mitigating legal, compliance and operational risk to how the combination of open source methods and technologies can be used for competitive advantage, and is even changing entire industries. Key areas Tim will explore include:

Global open source trends - the rapid growth of software projects, latest issues on OSS license and changes in industry adoption: Gov’t, Healthcare, Financial Services, Media
How open source technologies and collaborative methods – “social creativity” – is changing software development within individual organizations
How open source and collaboration are changing the competitive dynamics of entire industries

Speakers

Tim Yeaton

CEO, Black Duck Software

Tim Yeaton joined Black Duck Software in 2009, and brings over 30 years of software and FOSS experience to this role. Since joining, Black Duck has experienced over 30% annualized year-over-year growth, and built a worldwide operation that includes nearly 200 employees with presence... Read More →

OCS2013 TimYeaton pdf

Thursday December 12, 2013 11:00am - 11:40am JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

11:40am JST

Lunch Break

Thursday December 12, 2013 11:40am - 1:00pm JST
Anywhere you like!

Break

1:00pm JST

Understanding the Kernel Community - The Fundamental of License Compliance, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Fellow, The Linux Foundation

"Open Source License Compliance" is essentially meaning that companies need to comply with the requested terms of the original authors of the software (=Community developers) . Thus it makes sense to have better understanding on what motivate open source developers to write codes and how those developers work together in the "Community."
In this talk, Greg Kroah-Hartman will be talking about the Linux Kernel Community. He will be answering a key questions such as who they are and why they come together to collaboratively write codes, and above all, how the Kernel Community works.
He will also touch upon why it makes more sense for the companies to work with the Community.Closed (Forked) Kernel modules tend to be illegal, unworkable, and immoral. Working closely with the community should avoid these issues.

Speakers

Greg Kroah-Hartman

Fellow, The Linux Foundation

Kroah-Hartman is among a distinguished group of software developers that maintain Linux at the kernel level. In his role as Linux Foundation Fellow, KroahHartman will continue his work as the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of subsystems while working in... Read More →

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Thursday December 12, 2013 1:00pm - 1:40pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

1:40pm JST

Collaboration in License Compliance, Tsugikazu Shibata, Chief of OSS Center, NEC

The value of Open Source Software is not only software itself but also collaboration among many different types of people. In this session, the "Value of Collaboration" will be highlighted as a main theme. Some real case study of the value of collaboration in cases of different industries such as Enterprise and Embedded will be provided.

Speakers

Tsugikazu Shibata

Chief of OSS Promotion Center, NEC

Tsugikazu Shibata has been working on coordinating the relationship between industry and community as a chief of OSS Promotion Center of NEC. He is an active member of CE Working group of the Linux Foundation and Project Lead of LTSI. He is also a board member of the Linux Founda... Read More →

OCS2013 TsugikazuShibata pdf

Thursday December 12, 2013 1:40pm - 2:20pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

2:20pm JST

Patents, collaboration and business strategy in Open Source, Shane Coughlan, Global Director of Licensing, Open Invention Network

This talk will explore developments in Open Source governance with a particular focus on patents. It will explain how Open Source is being managed in server, desktop, mobile and embedded products in this context, and will discuss how this knowledge will prove useful for future products in the automative, medical and automation markets. It will put emphasis on how governance is broader than technical or purely legal concerns, and includes issues of business strategy.

This talk is intended for project leaders, legal experts and managers who want to understand patent challenges in the context of the Open Source commercial market. It will be delivered in accessible language by one of the most experienced figures in this area, based on his work supporting Linux and wider OSS technologies.

Speakers

Shane Coughlan

Global Director of Licensing, Open Invention Network

Shane Coughlan is an expert in communication methods and business development. He is well known for building bridges between commercial and non-commercial stakeholders in the technology sector. His professional accomplishments include establishing a legal department for the primary... Read More →

Thursday December 12, 2013 2:20pm - 3:00pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

3:00pm JST

Coffee Break

Coffe will be served

Thursday December 12, 2013 3:00pm - 3:30pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Break

3:30pm JST

SPDX Open Source Tooling: Integrating with Software Development Build Processes, Matt Germonprez, Associate Professor, University of Nebrask at Omaha

The discovery and expression of open source software licensing information is a becoming critical concern in many corporate software development projects. In this presentation, we demonstrate how open source SPDX tooling can be used to integrate with existing software build processes, in the expression of package and file level licensing information. In particular, the presentation will illustrate how SPDX documents are produced in conjunction with the Yocto Project build process and discuss ways that such production could be generalized to other build environments. Following the production of SPDX documents, we will discuss methods for viewing, consuming, and sharing the documents using additional SPDX open source tools.

Speakers

Matt Germonprez

Associate Professor, University of Nebrask at Omaha

Matt Germonprez is the Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor in the College of Information Science & Technology. He is currently involved in the development and advancement of open source SPDX tools and has spoken at LinuxCon North America 2012 and the Linux Collaboration Summit 2013... Read More →

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Thursday December 12, 2013 3:30pm - 4:10pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

4:10pm JST

Adopting SPDX in Embedded Space: Why and How?, Suhyun Kim, Senior Engineer, Samsung Electronics

The Software Package Data eXchange(SPDX) specification is a standard format for communicating the software components, licenses and copyrights. It is hosted at the Linux Foundation whose goal is to facilitate compliance with free/open source software licenses and the exchange of such information between companies. As a company that uses free/open source software in various products, we has tried to adopt SPDX in our open source governance system. In this talk, we will discuss benefits of the using SPDX in embedded system based on our experience. The first is focused on reducing the cost of verifying open source licenses(auto-identify component), and the second is focused on the implementation of the license note web system.

Speakers

Suhyun Kim

Senior Engineer, Samsung Electronics

Suhyun Kim is a Senior Engeer at Samsung Electronics and working for open source compliance since 2009. He has been involved in various open source governance and compliance activities such as establishing open source compliance process and giving lectures and consultings to developers... Read More →

OCS2013 SuhyunKim pdf

Thursday December 12, 2013 4:10pm - 4:50pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

4:50pm JST

License compliance from the trenches, Armijn Hemel, Owner, Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions

There is a famous saying: "in theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice they are not."
This is unfortunately very true of compliance in the embedded Linux/consumer electronics supply chain. Even though license compliance should be trivial if all the right procedures are followed often it is a complete mess due to lots of reasons, ranging from sheer incompetence, to downright confusion, hostility and fear of losing intellectual property. In this talk I want to highlight a few of the common problems I have found in the last 8.5 years and discuss possible measures that we as a whole industry can take to make it easier for everyone.

Speakers

Armijn Hemel

Owner, Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions

Armijn Hemel, MSc, is the owner of Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions in the Netherlands. Armijn is an expert in supply chain management and focuses on making it easier to do compliance in the supply chain by providing open source tooling and methods for binary analysis and source... Read More →

Thursday December 12, 2013 4:50pm - 5:30pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

6:00pm JST

Dinner Reception

Thursday December 12, 2013 6:00pm - 8:00pm JST
TBA

Reception

10:00am JST

Soft power: Defusing compliance through dialogue, Karsten Gerloff, President, The Free Software Foundation Europe

Compliance has traditionally been one of the challenges
for established technology companies entering the Free
Software space. While the rules themselves are quite
clear, there exists considerable complexity. Companies
which ignored the licenses and the social contract
underlying them have had to face considerable headwinds.
The Free Software community takes compliance very
seriously. While copyright holders will work with
infringers to reach a resolution, companies without
established processes in this area may find the situation
challenging.

A different approach was urgently needed. Since 2007, the Free
Software Foundation Europe operates the Legal Network, an
international group of experts on Free Software's legal and licensing
aspects. This network has established itself as the primary platform
to facilitate a lively informal dialogue between industry and
community. It provides a forum to quickly resolve conflicts before
they escalate, and drives the development of best practices around the
legal aspects of Free Software.

Speakers

Karsten Gerloff

President, the Free Software Foundation Europe

Karsten Gerloff is the President of the Free Software FoundationEurope. FSFE's mission as an independent not-for-profitorganisation is to promote freedom in the information societythrough Free Software.Karsten works together with developers, activists, businessleaders and high-level... Read More →

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Friday December 13, 2013 10:00am - 10:40am JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

10:40am JST

GPL enforcement and license compliance in Europe, Dr. Till Jaeger, attorney-at-law and partner, JBB Rechtsanwälte

In several court decisions and out of court settlements the licenseconditions of the GPL have been successfully enforced. In particular, embedded systems are the main focus of such compliance activities. The talk describes the practice of enforcement activities and out of court settlements and focuses on aspects which are particularly important for GPL compliance.

Speakers

Dr. Till Jaeger

Partner, JBB Rechtsanwälte

Dr. Till Jaeger (b. 1969) is an attorney-at-law and partner at JBBRechtsanwälte, a Berlin based law firm. Till Jaeger is a founding member ofthe Institute for Legal Questions on Free and Open Source Software (ifrOSS)in Germany, which researches legal questions regarding the Open... Read More →

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Friday December 13, 2013 10:40am - 11:20am JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

11:20am JST

Standardized Contributor Agreements – What is needed to develop a legal and technical infrastructure for FLOSS projects to efficiently manage and structure their Intellectual Property rights?, Dr. Catharina Maracke, Associate Professor, Keio University

The proposed session will give an overview of the current status on standardized copyright terms for contributor agreements.
It will discuss challenges and opportunities for standardization efforts and explore the role of defensive patent licensing. In addition, the presentation will suggest ideas for a better infrastructure to reduce friction and transaction costs and to move rights between developers, projects and end-users: One important topic to be presented in this context is the possibility to set up a network of intermediaries, which allows trustworthy third parties to mediate rights between developers and projects and help reduce friction in reviewing and negotiating terms of copyright agreements. As a starting point for further discussion, details and usage of the “Fiduciary License Agreement”(http://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html) will be presented to understand advantages and potential pitfalls of such a model.

Speakers

Dr. Catharina Maracke

Associate Professor, Keio University

Dr. Catharina Maracke is an associate professor at the Graduate School for Media and Governance, Shonan Fujisawa Campus, at Keio University. Her current work and interests include intellectual property law and policy, standardization efforts for public licensing schemes, and the general... Read More →

Friday December 13, 2013 11:20am - 12:00pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

12:00pm JST

Lunch Break

Friday December 13, 2013 12:00pm - 1:30am JST
Anywhere you like!

Break

1:30pm JST

Open Source Program at Sony Mobile: Key Principles and Challenges, Johan Nielsen, Open Source Officer, Sony Mobile

Most organizations struggle to implement an open source program that not only provides structure and governance to secure compliance at the onset, but can scale with the organization as its open source maturity grows. Sony Mobile is no exception.

In this talk we will discuss the key principles of our open source program at Sony Mobile. We will have a look at the program’s governance, key functions, and processes as well as the challenges we have faced, and are facing. The talk will focus on securing compliance, but touch on how this aspect fits into the overall program.

Speakers

Johan Nielsen

Open Souce Officer, Sony Mobile

Johan Nielsen works as an Open Source Officer at Sony Mobile's Tokyo office. He has a PhD in Computer Systems for Design and Manufacturing from the Royal Institute of Technology followed by research at the University of Tokyo.Johan has a broad professional and academic IT experience... Read More →

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Friday December 13, 2013 1:30pm - 2:10pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

2:10pm JST

A case study of OSS compliance in the Embedded industry, Shinsuke Kato, Staff Software Engineer, Panasonic

In the Embedded industry, there are some cases to use the OSS.
We, Panasonic, sometimes develop products as a ODM, and the other times, we do it as a OEM.
We always take care of the OSS compliance from both perspectives.
In my session, I intend to take a look at some example of OSS compliance in the Embedded industry and elaborate the cautions, issues, and approaches to solve them from both ODM/OEM perspectives.

Speakers

Shinsuke Kato

Staff Software Engineer, Panasonic

Shinsuke Kato is a Staff Software Engineer for Panasonic Corporation,where he helps Panasonic R&D improvements to Linux for use in Panasonic's products.He has been working with Linux and the OSS compliance in his company for over 10 years.He has some seminar of the OSS compliance... Read More →

OCS2013 ShinsukeKato pdf

Friday December 13, 2013 2:10pm - 2:50pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

2:50pm JST

FOSS Licensing Compliance among Taiwan Companies, Florence T.M. Ko, Legal Specialist, Open Source Software Foundry (OSSF) at Academia Sinica

The speaker of this session has experience on providing free FOSS licensing consultation to Taiwan companies for years, owing to the participation of a non-profit FOSS outreach and promotion project funded by Taiwan government. Based on a quality research made recently by interviews among Taiwan companies, the speaker will talk about which kinds of problems companies in Taiwan have been encountered on and on when took FOSS into implementing onto commercial products and how they dealt with these problems. The real cases will be introduced and discussed during this talk in a de-identification way.

Speakers

Florence T.M. Ko

Legal Specialist, Open Source Software Foundry (OSSF) at Academia Sinica

Florence T.M. Ko, the frequently used internet ID is "Florence"or "tmk2005". In 2005 she joined the Open Source Software Foundry (OSSF) at Academia Sinica as a Legal Specialist. Since then, she has been engaged in research of Free/Open Source Software licensing, especially in analysing... Read More →

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Friday December 13, 2013 2:50pm - 3:30pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

3:30pm JST

Coffee Break

Friday December 13, 2013 3:30pm - 4:00pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Break

4:00pm JST

Dealing with Open Source in the Automotive Industry - how to take advantage of opportunities by minimizing legal risks, Dr. Maria Cristina Caldarola, Head of the Center of Competence for Open Source Software, Bosch

Questions that will be addressed:
1. What are legal problems when using Open Source Software in embedded systems?

2. What are the main characteristics of proprietary and Open Source licenses?

3. Demonstration of rights and obligations using the example of GPL version 2

4. Are Open Source Software licenses legally enforceable?

5. How are legal risk manageable in an enterprise?

Speakers

Dr. Maria Cristina Caldarola

Head of the Center of Competence for Open Source Software, Bosch

Dr. Maria Cristina Caldarola, LL.M. has worked for Robert Bosch GmbH since 2008, and is now Head of the Center of Competence for Open Source Software at Bosch. She is the key contact for strategies and legal issues related to Open Source Software. The Centre of Competence for Open... Read More →

Friday December 13, 2013 4:00pm - 4:40pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Presentation

4:40pm JST

Panel Discussion: Keys to become more compliant

Moderators

Mike Dolan

SVP and GM of Projects, The Linux Foundation

Friday December 13, 2013 4:40pm - 5:20pm JST
Yokohama Symposia 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Panel Discussion