Huawei joins platinum membership of Linux Foundation OpenChain project alongside top industry contributors

According to the official information, Huawei becomes the platinum member of the Linux Foundation OpenChain project. Now, this Chinese firm will jointly contribute to strengthening the OpenChain ISO 5230 as the International Standard with the other 20 partners.

Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager said, Huawei’s leadership in this space has helped build bridges across the world. Their decision to join the governing board of the OpenChain Project is further evidence of this and will be pivotable in taking OpenChain ISO 5230 to the next level.

“This will benefit every company using open-source, a shared undertaking we approach with both excitement and respect.” added Shane

Before Huawei, OPPO and Qualcomm have joint the OpenChain project and developing the source license standards. Besides, this project supports a bunch of online self-certification for free, services provided by the partners, and various reference materials.

The OpenChain Project:

The OpenChain Project maintains the International Standard for open source license compliance. This allows companies of all sizes and in all sectors to adopt the key requirements of a quality open source compliance program.

Its platinum members’ list namely includes many famous names

1. ARM
2. BMW Group
3. Bosch
4. Cisco
5. Comcast
6. Ericsson
7. Facebook
8. Fujitsu
9. Google
10. Hitachi
11. Huawei
12. Microsoft
13. Moxa
14. Oppo
15. Panasonic
16. Qualcomm
17. Simens
18. Sony
19. Toshiba
20. Toyota
21. Uber

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 industry adoption.

Along 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.

Huawei:

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

“Huawei is delighted to join the OpenChain Project. Huawei adheres to open collaboration and innovation, has long been committed to establishing a compliance management system that aligns with industry best practices and incorporating compliance management into end-to-end business activities and processes. ” Wang Yousheng, Director of Open Source & Developer Dept, Huawei. “Huawei will be an active member in OpenChain Project, hopes through constantly enhancing mutual understanding, cooperation and trust with the global developer and open source communities, to build a more secure and trustworthy open-source software chain together.”