Automating license enforcement in your CI/CD pipeline and trends in DevOps

Watch this interview with Eli Birger to learn more about the world of open source licenses.

Eli’s talk at DevOpsDays Raleigh focused on automating license checks in CI/CD pipelines. Of course, the topic of open source licenses is fascinating to the All Things Open community and we wanted to learn more. During this interview, we talked with Eli about the importance of open source licensing, in particular, how they are automating license enforcement. Then we discussed some trends in DevOps from the perspective of a former DevOps engineer and manager.

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Key takeaways:

• We publicly share the CI/CD enforcement we built for different types of licenses
• The topic of open source licenses is very complex and very boring
• The volume of licenses complicates the space
• Be aware of “blind spots” in your processes and methodology
• Do not take things for granted and challenge everything
• Invest at least one hour a day for learning and challenging things