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===== OpenChain Specification FAQ ===== | ===== OpenChain Specification FAQ ===== | ||
- | This is the FAQ for the OpenChain specification. We highly recommend all contributors to specification's development review these questions and answers as a first step to contributing. There are four principles that guide the development of the specification: | + | This is the FAQ for the OpenChain specification. We highly recommend all contributors to specification's development review these questions and answers as a first step to contributing. |
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+ | ====What is the objective of the OpenChain specification?==== | ||
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+ | To define a core set of requirements a Open Source compliance program should satisfy to achieve: a level of trust that an organization provides the artifacts required to achieve Open Source license compliance for software it shares with others. Compliance artifacts consist of: source code, build scripts, license copies, attribution notices, modification notices, SPDX data and other materials open source licenses governing a software deliverable may require. | ||
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+ | ==== What are the Specification Guiding Principles? ==== | ||
+ | There are four principles that guide the development of the specification: | ||
- Build trust around the use of open source in constructing software solutions that are shared with others. | - Build trust around the use of open source in constructing software solutions that are shared with others. | ||
- Less is More | - Less is More | ||
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- Function as an open development initiative - open to all to contribute - inclusion via discussion and consensus that adhere to these guiding principles | - Function as an open development initiative - open to all to contribute - inclusion via discussion and consensus that adhere to these guiding principles | ||
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- | ====What is the objective of the OpenChain specification?==== | ||
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- | To define a core set of requirements a Open Source compliance program should satisfy to achieve: a level of trust that an organization provides the artifacts required to achieve Open Source license compliance for software it shares with others. Compliance artifacts consist of: source code, build scripts, license copies, attribution notices, modification notices, SPDX data and other materials open source licenses governing a software deliverable may require. | ||
====Where can I obtain a copy of the current version of the specification?==== | ====Where can I obtain a copy of the current version of the specification?==== |