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Mar 29, 2023

GitHub Creating SBOMs using SPDX

Looks like GitHub has a self service option to create SBOMs for a GitHub Project based on SPDX! See this blog from them.

Jan 30, 2023

Why you should use SPDX for security

Phil Odence, the Chair for SPDX, has written a very informative article on why you should use SPDX for Security and even goes onto to address some of the common Myths around SPDX. It was published on Linux.com. You can read the article here.

Dec 12, 2022

An update on the SPDX python-tools

Authors: Armin Tänzer armin.taenzer@tngtech.com, Meret Behrens meret.behrens@tngtech.com, Nicolaus Weidner nicolaus.weidner@tngtech.com, and Maximilian Huber maximilian.huber@tngtech.com Progress With The SPDX Python Tools Discussions regarding the development and direction of the SPDX Python tools often happen in the weekly meetings or smaller rounds and are not always visible to interested parties. This blog post intends to fill this gap, providing a condensed version of what…

Sep 10, 2021

SPDX examples repo

We are pleased to announce a new repository in the SPDX GitHub organization to provide illustrative examples of SPDX software bills of materials (SBOMs).

Sep 9, 2021

SPDX Specification is now an ISO Standard

After much hard work and anticipation, we are proud to announce that the SPDX Specification is now an ISO Standard! We want to thank everyone who helped make this happen. This represents a significant milestone for the project and will help industry adoption of standardized Software Bill of Materials. Specification:…