How to Monitor Software License Changes with Web Scraping

Software license changes can break your product overnight. Remember when HashiCorp moved from MPL to BSL? Build a monitoring system that catches license changes before they catch you. Why This Matters In 2023-2024, several major open-source projects changed licenses — Redis, Terraform, Elasticsearch. Each time, companies scrambled to assess impact. Automated monitoring gives you early warning. Tracking GitHub License Changes import requests import pandas as pd from datetime import datetime import json API_KEY = " YOUR_SCRAPERAPI_KEY " # Get one at https://www.scraperapi.com?fp_ref=the52 GITHUB_TOKEN = " your_github_token " # Optional, for higher rate limits def check_github_license ( owner , repo ): url = f " https://api.github.com/repos/ { owner } / { repo } /license " headers = { ' Authorization ' : f ' token { GITHUB_TOKEN } ' } if GITHUB_TOKEN else {} response = requests . get ( url , headers = headers , timeout = 30 ) if response . status_code == 200 : data = response . json () re