What problem does it solve?
It helps legal and engineering teams assess open source license compliance risk for third-party dependencies so they can confidently decide whether a component can be used, replaced, or must be escalated.
Core Features & Use Cases
- License classification with deployment-aware obligations: Classifies packages into permissive, weak copyleft, strong copyleft, public domain, non-OSI, or unknown, then maps obligations to your deployment model (SaaS, distributed binary, internal only, or embedded).
- Policy-driven first-pass memo for attorneys: Produces a lawyer-actionable memo that flags license-unknown and non-OSI licenses and routes strong-copyleft/unknown findings for attorney review.
- Outbound open-sourcing compatibility check: When reviewing outbound code, validates that the chosen outbound license is compatible with every embedded dependency and that required notices/license texts are present.
Quick Start
Run the oss-review scan for a dependency manifest by pointing it at your package file or by giving the repo path you want analyzed.