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<p>Created page with &quot;* Attendance: 14 * Lead by Phil Odence * Minutes of May meeting approved == Special Guest - Dave Marr, Qualcomm == * SPDX is a critical piece of getting well and getting goo...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Attendance: 14<br /> * Lead by Phil Odence<br /> * Minutes of May meeting approved<br /> <br /> == Special Guest - Dave Marr, Qualcomm ==<br /> <br /> * SPDX is a critical piece of getting well and getting good at managing open source<br /> * Open source overall<br /> ** Requires cross functional participation<br /> ** Some very intellectual interesting aspects<br /> ** Management<br /> *** really requires a lot of uninteresting, rote work<br /> *** Necessary to get it right<br /> ** Opportunity for automation<br /> *** Requires standard practices<br /> **** Open Chain<br /> **** SPDX <br /> **** SIPOC model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPOC)<br /> *** Customer focus required<br /> **** Focus on internal customers too, requires mindset shift<br /> **** Delivering code with compliance problems is like delivering bad code<br /> **** Qualcomm engineers all take Dave’s training<br /> ***** The more specific instructions the better<br /> *** SPDX connection<br /> **** Information must be in a factorable form<br /> **** Standardization is key<br /> *** Process required to yield the output<br /> **** That’s the hard part<br /> **** Can’t have drag on engineering processes<br /> **** So need automation and “plumbing”<br /> *** Direction<br /> **** Aiming for seamlessness<br /> **** Suppliers need to be brought into this<br /> **** If everyone provides SPDX, there’s still the need to efficiently consume and manage through the dev process<br /> **** Solution needs to handle version control and compilation<br /> **** The dream is a way to move the SPDX files along with the code and to handle refactoring to the ultimately the SPDX files for products the ship are available and largely accurate. <br /> *** How to get there?<br /> **** Tricky to improve the plane while still flying<br /> *** Does annotation in SPDX help?<br /> **** So far they struggle with achieving behavioral change in engineering<br /> **** Works best when product managers drive<br /> **** Annotations are good for simple use case<br /> *** Looking at hooks into version control systems?<br /> **** Yes, and this might be the ultimate approach<br /> **** At least part of the solution<br /> **** One source of truth is required -- and as contained within the version control system<br /> <br /> <br /> == Tech Team Report - Kate ==<br /> <br /> * Spec<br /> ** 2.1 very close to getting pushed out<br /> *** two appendices need a little work, but that’s it<br /> *** Kate can provide link to review for everyone<br /> *** Somewhat waiting for Gary’s return from vaca<br /> ** Live on the new website<br /> * Tools<br /> ** Starting to update for 2.1<br /> <br /> <br /> == Outreach Team Report - Jack ==<br /> <br /> * Website<br /> ** Still working it through<br /> ** Lots to talk about in team call today<br /> ** Still a few functional issues, need to resolve with LF folks<br /> <br /> <br /> == Legal Team Report - Paul ==<br /> <br /> * Primary focus getting all the licenses into GitHub<br /> *** for maintenance <br /> *** and more future utility<br /> ** all license have been converted<br /> *** going thru manually<br /> * New licenses<br /> ** knocking them down as they come in<br /> ** little backlog at this point<br /> <br /> <br /> == Cross Functional Topics - Phil ==<br /> <br /> * Guest stars<br /> ** Sam Ellis, Dave Marr, one more in pipeline<br /> <br /> <br /> == Attendees ==<br /> <br /> * Phil Odence, Black Duck<br /> * Kate Stewart, Linux Foundation<br /> * Jilayne Lovejoy, ARM<br /> * Jack Manbeck, TI<br /> * Scott Sterling, Palamida<br /> * Paul Madick, Dimension Data<br /> * Robin Gandhi, UNO<br /> * Alexios Zavras, Intel<br /> * Pierre LaPointe, nexB <br /> * Michael Herzog- nexB<br /> * Mike Dolan, Linux Foundation<br /> * Matt Germonprez, UNO<br /> * Yev Bronshteyn, Black Duck<br /> * Matija Suklje, FSFE<br /> <br /> [[Category:General|Minutes]]<br /> [[Category:Minutes]]</div>

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