License Flip Audit - BUSL/SSPL/AGPL in your deps

Runs the same checker as our npm package on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

Finds the dependencies whose licence changed under you - Terraform 1.6+ BUSL, Redis 7.4+ SSPL, Bitnami's August 2025 move, Elastic 7.11 - and names the exact version where each flip happened.

Install

license-flip-audit file

Node 18+. The same 30 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Checks the manifest you have open end to end - every line, all 30 recorded flips, full findings, no watermark and no trial.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Scans every manifest in the workspace, exports the CSV/JSON/HTML report a security review asks for, re-checks on every save, and writes a JSON file CI can fail a pull request on.

license-flip-audit --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

The Bitnami flip alone pushed teams onto a Bitnami Secure subscription reported at $50,000-$72,000 a year.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "license-flip-audit": { "command": "license-flip-audit", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: License Flip Audit - BUSL/SSPL/AGPL in your deps
  run: pip install rulestamp-license-flip-audit && license-flip-audit --dir . --ci

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install rulestamp-license-flip-audit
license-flip-audit --help