oss-review

Open source license compliance is checked by analyzing your dependency list or SBOM to classify licenses and identify copyleft obligations. The review maps these obligations to your deployment model, producing a structured legal memo with per-package severity and escalation flags.

Copyleft license risk affects software distribution by requiring you to open source derived code under the same license. Strong copyleft dependencies limit how you deploy and ship binaries, often requiring legal review before you can safely distribute your software to end users.

License compliance differs between SaaS and distributed binary deployments because the same dependency set triggers different legal obligations. SaaS models may avoid copyleft triggers that distributed binaries or embedded firmware cannot, requiring deployment-aware mapping for an accurate compliance assessment.

Preparing outbound code for open-sourcing requires reviewing your dependency tree to check license compatibility against your chosen outbound license. This identifies conflicting obligations or strong copyleft requirements, producing a lawyer-ready memo with jurisdiction notes and escalation flags.

When an SBOM contains non-OSI or unknown licenses, the compliance review clearly flags them for manual review. These dependencies require escalation to legal counsel because their source-available terms or unclassified obligations cannot be automatically approved for your deployment model.