San Francisco, United States, August 7, 2017– From today credativ is going to be a part of the OpenChain community and adhere to the specifications given by the OpenChain Project.
“The addition of credativ brings another important Open Source pillar into the OpenChain community and boosts our mission to make Open Source Software compliance easier, more understandable and more transparent,” says Shane Coughlan, OpenChain Program Manager. “credativ is one of the early supporters of Free and Open Source Software in our community. They have engaged at a unique time. We are looking forward to working closely together to channel influence in the European, American and Indian market as we scale OpenChain self-certification.”
“It is an important step for us to join the OpenChain community,” says Dr Michael Meskes, CEO of credativ. “Through our extensive experience with Open Source in business, we work with a lot of different companies and know how to improve upon the positive impact that Open Source provides, not only in technical but also compliance issues. Therefore we would like to further extend the reputation of the OpenChain Project by expressing adherence to their specifications. We think that this leads to more and more companies gaining trust and confidence in Free and Open Source Software. One of the key aspects of the OpenChain certification is, that it builds trust, which, already rooted in the core principles of Free and Open Source Software, thusly provides an essential contribution to the general acceptance of Open Source.“
The OpenChain Project identifies key recommended processes for effective Open Source Software component management. Among other things, these include having a general Free and Open Source Software policy, training for all developers and technical software staff on a regular basis, and the definition of what consitutes an acceptable standard for Open Source licenses and contribution to Projects in general. In terms of use cases the standard cover topics such as distribution of software in binary or source form, modification or integration of Open Source Software components and interaction of different licenses.
Thus the project builds trust in Free and Open Source Software by making Open Source license compliance simpler and more consistent.
The OpenChain Specification defines a core set of requirements every quality compliance program must satisfy. The OpenChain Curriculum provides the educational foundation for Open Source processes and solutions, whilst meeting a key requirement of the OpenChain Specification. OpenChain
Conformance allows organizations to display their adherence to these requirements.
The result is that Open Source license compliance becomes more predictable, understandable and efficient for participants of the software supply chain.
Organizations of all sizes are invited to review the OpenChain Project, to complete the free Online Self-Certification Questionnaire, and to join the OpenChain community of trust.
About credativ:
credativ is a independent consulting and services company operating in Germany, Spain, India, the Netherlands and the USA. Since the founding in 1999, credativ has been offering comprehensive services and technical support for the implementation and operation of Open Source Software in business applications. For more information, visit https://www.credativ.com
About The Linux Foundation:
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at https://www.linuxfoundation.org.
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OpenChain Blogpost: https://www.openchainproject.org/news/2017/08/07/openchain-welcomes-credativ
Debian 9 “Stretch”, the latest version of Debian, is about to be released and after a full-freeze on February 5th everyone is trying its best to fix the last bugs that are left.
Upon entering the final phase of development in February the test version was “frozen” so that no more packages could be added or removed without the approval of the release team.
However, Stretch has some bugs left, which need to be resolved until the release date, especially the so called release critical bugs (RC). For this purpose, numerous Debian developers host worldwide meet ups.
These meet ups are a long standing tradition and are lovingly called “Bug Squashing Party”. Despite the cute name, these events usually turn out to be one the most focused, intense and hard working days in the life cycle of a new Debian version. Pressured by the upcoming release date, everyone gets together to get rid of the nasty release critical bugs and focus on unfinished packages.
This weekend, from the 17th to the 19th of March, the Debian developers from credativ are hosting a Bug Squashing Party in the German Open Source Support Center in Mönchengladbach.
The Open Source Support Center employs the likely biggest number of European Debian developers in one place. Therefore credativ GmbH is providing the location and technical infrastructure for everyone who decided to join the Bug Squashing Party.
We hope that this year’s meeting is going to be as successful as in the previous years. Developers from all neighbouring countries took part in past events and some even found their future employer.
Coordinating the event are: Martin Zobel-Helas “zobel” (Debian system administrator) and Alexander Wirt “formorer” (Debian Quality Assurance).
If you would like to participate, feel free to sign up!
We are looking forward to your visit.
Here is the announcement on the mailing-list:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/02/msg00006.html
Here is the entry in the Debian wiki:
https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/03/de/credativ
This article was originally written by Philip Haas.
