Toyota and Strategic Collaboration with the Community
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Toyota has built strong ties into the global open source development community and into areas related to open source patent non-aggression and copyright compliance. During the Legal & Licensing Workshop in Barcelona during April 2018 Endo San from the Toyota legal team explained their approach and the benefits it brings.
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- 1. 'The OpenChain Japan Work Group' and Collaboration with OIN Regarding Automotive Grade Linux Masato Endo Project Manager Connected Vehicle Group Intellectual Property Div. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION CC BY-SA 4.0 1
- 2. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2 1.1. Expansion of OSS in the Automotive Sector In the automotive industry, the number of OSS projects is growing rapidly, and products using OSS are already available in the market. Automotive sector TOYOTA products Community Works -Automotive Grade Linux -GENIVI -AUTOSAR IT companies in the automotive industry -TESLA -UBER Infotainment System T-Connect Partner Robot HSR
- 3. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3 1.2. Activities for MaaS of TOYOTA -TOYOTA can develop the Global Mobility Services Platform, which enables the mobility services, by working together with e-Palette Alliance. -Technology providers can receive Application Programming Interface (API), open data such as vehicle state and vehicle control which is necessary to develop automated driving systems https://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/corporate/20546438.html
- 4. 1.3. Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4 AGL is a Linux Foundation project to develop an operating system for infotainment platforms. The Camry, which was released in the U.S. in the summer of 2017, is the first model to include AGL.
- 5. 1.4. AGL Members (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 5 Many global OEMs have joined AGL alongside automotive industry suppliers and IT companies with interest in the sector. https://www.automotivelinux.org/about/members Platinum Members DENSO/MAZDA/Panasonic/RENESAS/ SUZUKI/TOYOTA Gold Members HONDA/NTT DATA Silver Members AISIN AW/amazon/Continental/DAIMLER DENSO TEN/DRIMAES
- 6. 2.1. The “Hybrid Strategy” to reduce OSS Legal Risks (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 6 Hybrid strategy! × TOYOTA is working together with the communities to reduce OSS legal risks for customers and developers. To reduce patent risksTo reduce copyright risks
- 7. 2.2. OSS Copyright Risks in the Supply Chain (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7 Tier 2 Tier 1 Software Software OSS OSS OSS Report OEM OSS Report Risk of OSS being mixed into supplier software. How can we manage OSS licenses? Educating all suppliers is difficult. Updating educational material is hard. How can we improve governance processes? Mixing OSS in the supply chain may cause unknown copyright risks. A company with no or weak OSS governance system may cause risks to the whole supply chain.
- 8. 2.3. Pros of applying OpenChain to the Supply Chain (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8 Tier 2 We’d like to follow the OpenChain specification to set up our OSS governance system. Tier 1 Software Software OSS OSS Report OEM OSS ReportLet’s promote OpenChain conformance! OSS OpenChain Specification OpenChain Curriculum OpenChain materials will provide strong OSS governance throughout the whole supply chain! Follow the OpenChain standard to manage OSS. Let’s use OpenChain materials for in- house education!
- 9. 2.4. Issues to promote OSS Compliance in Asia (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9 TOYOTA, HITACHI and SONY decided to set up a Japanese Work Group to resolve these issues in Asia sector. Culture Awareness System -HR -Accounting -Network Security -Executives -Engineers -Legal/IP People -Community -Contribution -Communication
- 10. 2.5. OpenChain Japan Work Group (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 10 TOYOTA, HITACHI and SONY formed the Japanese Work Group last December and have already initiated OSS compliance activities in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. ＜Members＞ TOYOTA/HITACHI/SONY/Panasonic/TOSHIBA/NEC/FUJITSU/RICOH/MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC... ＜Mission＞ To help Japanese and Asian engineers so engineers can use OSS safely ＜Activities＞ -Promoting OSS compliance in Japan and Asia -Solving issues which are unique to Japan -Sharing information https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/openchain-japanese-working-group
- 11. 2.6. OpenChain Promotion Items for each level (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 11 Level1 NOT understand Importance of OSS Compliance Level2 NOT understand what to do Level3 NOT understand how to do Level4 Not Understand how to get certification ●To join events (for Engineers/ Legal people/ IP people) ●Workshop ●PR (Traditional Media/ Tech Media/ SNS) ●Case Materials (Wiki/ Handbook/ Academic paper) ●Consultation ●Training support ●Self certification support ●Third-party certification TOYOTA is focusing on the activities to help companies and lawyers to realize/understand the importance of OSS compliance in Japan.
- 12. 2.7. Promotion Activities (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 12 1st May, 2017 Automotive Linux Summit Presentation by Kenichi Murata 16th June, 2017 Asian Legal Network Round Table 2017 Panel Discussion by David Kappos (Former USPTO Director), Keith Bergelt(OIN CEO), Shane Coughlan(Open Chain Director), Takahiro Nonaka(DLA Piper) and Masato Endo 17th and 19th October, 2017 Fifth Annual DLA Piper Global IP Symposium Presentation by Masato Endo We joined some IP and OSS events to promote the importance of OSS compliance. 14th March, 2018 Tokyo University of Science IP Forum 2018 Presentation by Masato Endo
- 13. 2.8. Message from Shane Coughlan! (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 13 Shane Coughlan OpenChain Project Director
- 14. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 14 Even if we use open source it is challenging to avoid litigation completely. However, understanding all OSS-related patents would be a difficult challenge. -There are over 300,000 OSS-related patents!! -Some Linux users have been involved in patent infringement cases. 3.1. OSS Patent Risks
- 15. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 15 3.2. Reducing Patent Risk through the OIN All members agree to mutually cross license, exclusively to use in the Linux System, their patents which are directly related to the function described in the OIN Linux System definition. +2400 PARTICIPANTS FROM START-UPS TO LARGE CORPORATIONS +3M PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS OWNED BY OIN LICENSEES Board members: Google/IBM/NEC/PHILIPS/Red Hat/SONY/SUSE/TOYOTA
- 16. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 16 3.3. TOYOTA’s Mission as a Board Member (1) To reduce AGL patent risks, TOYOTA is trying to include AGL into revised OIN Linux System definition. Already protected OIN Linux System Definition (Patent non-aggression/cooperation zone) 80%: Common base packages (e.g., Linux kernel) 11%: Software engineering (e.g., Perl, Python, PHP) 4%: Enterprise engineering (e.g., JBOSS, Jakarta, OpenShift) 2%: Networking & security (e.g., OpenSSL, OpenVPN) 1%: Web (e.g., Apache web server, Nginx) 1%: Cloud computing (e.g., OpenStack, Qemu, libvirt) 1%: Mobile (e.g., Android, Web OS) AGL / IoT / Chrome Under discussion at the OIN
- 17. 3.4. Status updates of Linux System Definition (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 17 Linux System Definition The OIN board is scheduled to approve AGL inclusion in OIN Linux System Definition by “Summer 2018”. Board Members Google/IBM/NEC/PHILIPS/Red Hat/SONY/SUSE/TOYOTA
- 18. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18 3.5. TOYOTA’s Mission as a Board Member (2) Over ten OEMs and many suppliers already became members of the OIN, and more OEMs may join OIN in the near future. http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/community-of-licensees/automotive/ European OEMs DAIMLER/VOLVO U.S. OEMs Ford/GENERAL MOTORS Japanese OEMs HONDA/MAZDA/SUBARU/TOYOTA Korean OEMs HYUNDAI/KIA Chinese OEMs BYD/FOTON/GAC MOTOR
- 19. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 19 3.6. Message from Keith Bergelt!! Keith Bergelt OIN CEO
- 20. 3.7. Solving Complicated Copyright Issues (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20 We’ll continue to have activities with OSS community to develop better software society.
- 21. (c)TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 21 Thank you! Profile: Masato Endo is Project Manager of the Connected Car Technology-related IP group in the Toyota IP Division. He is engaged in the planning and implementation of the IP strategy for the Toyota Connected Company. He focuses mainly on building the OSS governance structure within Toyota and developing relationships with the OSS community, through projects such as Automotive Grade Linux and the Open Invention Network. Recently, he began to work with the OpenChain Project as the primary Toyota representative. He has experience in giving presentations at OSS or IP events facilitated by the Linux Foundation, Free Software Foundation Europe, Asian Legal Network, DLA Piper and so on.