How to Monitor Open Source License Compliance with Scraping

How to Monitor Open Source License Compliance with Scraping Open source license violations can lead to lawsuits and forced code releases. Let's build a Python tool that monitors your dependencies and their license obligations automatically. The Problem Modern projects have hundreds of transitive dependencies. Each has a license — GPL propagation, attribution requirements, and patent clauses can catch teams off guard. Setting Up pip install requests beautifulsoup4 pip-licenses pipdeptree Step 1: Audit Current Dependencies import subprocess import json import pandas as pd def get_installed_licenses (): result = subprocess . run ( [ " pip-licenses " , " --format=json " , " --with-urls " , " --with-authors " ], capture_output = True , text = True ) return json . loads ( result . stdout ) licenses = get_installed_licenses () df = pd . DataFrame ( licenses ) print ( f " Total packages: { len ( df ) } " ) print ( df [ " License " ]. value_counts (). head ( 10 )) Step 2: Classify License Risk