As software teams increasingly rely on open-source libraries to move fast and innovate, they may unknowingly introduce significant legal and operational risks into their CI/CD pipelines. Licensing compliance—especially with complex licenses like GPL (General Public License) —can have serious implications for business viability, intellectual property rights, and even personal liability for leadership. This session explores how companies can build automated, scalable strategies for license detection, classification, and risk mitigation, integrated directly into the development lifecycle. From scanner tools to legal reviews, we’ll walk through the reality of enforcing compliance without slowing down delivery speed.

Participants will walk away with practical insights on:

• How can teams automate open-source license detection and integrate it into CI/CD workflows without becoming a bottleneck?
• What are the legal and business risks of using licenses like GPL, and how can engineering teams proactively mitigate them?
• How can organizations educate developers and create a culture of licensing awareness, while still encouraging open-source innovation?