diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/license-check.ts b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/license-check.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24863d156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/license-check.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// SPDX license policy analyzer (#1475). For each dependency a PR adds/upgrades, resolves its SPDX license via
+// deps.dev (free, no key, covers npm/PyPI/Go) and flags the ones a maintainer should eyeball: copyleft (may be
+// incompatible with a permissive project) or unresolved/unknown. Permissive licenses (MIT/BSD/Apache/…) are not
+// flagged. The no-checkout reviewer can't resolve a dependency's published license — this can.
+import type { EnrichRequest, LicenseFinding } from "../types.js";
+import { extractDependencyChanges } from "./dependency-scan.js";
+
+// REES ecosystem label → deps.dev system path segment.
+const SYSTEM: Record<string, string> = { npm: "npm", PyPI: "pypi", Go: "go" };
+
+// Strong/weak copyleft families worth a compatibility check against a permissive project.
+const COPYLEFT = /^(A?GPL|LGPL|MPL|EPL|CDDL|EUPL|OSL|SSPL|CPAL|CECILL)/i;
+
+function classify(licenses: string[]): LicenseFinding["classification"] | null {
+  const resolved = licenses.filter(
+    (license) => license && !/^NOASSERTION$/i.test(license),
+  );
+  if (!resolved.length) return "unknown";
+  if (resolved.some((license) => COPYLEFT.test(license))) return "copyleft";
+  return null; // permissive / otherwise-known → not flagged
+}
+
+// null ⇒ couldn't determine (don't flag); [] / ["NOASSERTION"] ⇒ resolved-but-unknown (flag).
+async function fetchLicenses(
+  system: string,
+  name: string,
+  version: string,
+  fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
+): Promise<string[] | null> {
+  const url = `https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/${system}/packages/${encodeURIComponent(name)}/versions/${encodeURIComponent(version)}`;
+  const response = await fetchImpl(url);
+  if (!response.ok) return null;
+  const data = (await response.json()) as { licenses?: string[] };
+  return Array.isArray(data.licenses) ? data.licenses : [];
+}
+
+/** Analyzer entrypoint: changed deps → deps.dev license → only the copyleft/unknown ones. */
+export async function scanLicenses(
+  req: EnrichRequest,
+  fetchImpl: typeof fetch = fetch,
+): Promise<LicenseFinding[]> {
+  const findings: LicenseFinding[] = [];
+  for (const change of extractDependencyChanges(req.files ?? [])) {
+    const system = SYSTEM[change.ecosystem];
+    if (!system) continue;
+    const licenses = await fetchLicenses(
+      system,
+      change.package,
+      change.to,
+      fetchImpl,
+    );
+    if (licenses === null) continue; // resolution failed — don't false-flag
+    const classification = classify(licenses);
+    if (classification) {
+      findings.push({
+        ecosystem: change.ecosystem,
+        package: change.package,
+        version: change.to,
+        licenses,
+        classification,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return findings;
+}
diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/brief.ts b/review-enrichment/src/brief.ts
index 5b5c4f16e..52cb0275d 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/brief.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/brief.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 } from "./types.js";
 import { scanDependencies } from "./analyzers/dependency-scan.js";
 import { scanSecrets } from "./analyzers/secret-scan.js";
+import { scanLicenses } from "./analyzers/license-check.js";
 import { renderBrief } from "./render.js";
 
 type AnalyzerFn = (req: EnrichRequest) => Promise<unknown>;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ type AnalyzerFn = (req: EnrichRequest) => Promise<unknown>;
 const ANALYZERS: Record<keyof BriefFindings, AnalyzerFn> = {
   dependency: (req) => scanDependencies(req),
   secret: (req) => scanSecrets(req),
+  license: (req) => scanLicenses(req),
 };
 
 function withTimeout<T>(promise: Promise<T>, ms: number): Promise<T> {
diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/render.ts b/review-enrichment/src/render.ts
index 5614dae7a..ca1ba1dcc 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/render.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/render.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ export function renderBrief(
     }
   }
 
+  const licenses = findings.license ?? [];
+  if (licenses.length) {
+    lines.push("### Dependency licenses (verify compatibility)");
+    for (const lic of licenses) {
+      lines.push(
+        `- \`${lic.package}@${lic.version}\` (${lic.ecosystem}): ${lic.licenses.join("/") || "none"} — **${lic.classification}**`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!lines.length) return { promptSection: "", systemSuffix: "" };
 
   const header =
diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/types.ts b/review-enrichment/src/types.ts
index 0fedfdd2d..6656bb30a 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/types.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/types.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,20 @@ export interface SecretFinding {
   confidence: "high" | "medium";
 }
 
-/** Structured analyzer output. Each analyzer fills its own key; more land as analyzers ship (#1475/#1477/#1478). */
+/** A newly-added/upgraded dependency whose license warrants a compatibility check. */
+export interface LicenseFinding {
+  ecosystem: string;
+  package: string;
+  version: string;
+  licenses: string[];
+  classification: "copyleft" | "unknown";
+}
+
+/** Structured analyzer output. Each analyzer fills its own key; more land as analyzers ship (#1477/#1478). */
 export interface BriefFindings {
   dependency?: DependencyFinding[];
   secret?: SecretFinding[];
+  license?: LicenseFinding[];
 }
 
 export type AnalyzerStatus = "ok" | "degraded" | "skipped";
diff --git a/review-enrichment/test/enrichment.test.ts b/review-enrichment/test/enrichment.test.ts
index d5364e55c..e15094faa 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/test/enrichment.test.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/test/enrichment.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ import {
 import { renderBrief } from "../dist/render.js";
 import { buildBrief } from "../dist/brief.js";
 import { scanPatch, scanSecrets } from "../dist/analyzers/secret-scan.js";
+import { scanLicenses } from "../dist/analyzers/license-check.js";
+
+const licFetch =
+  (licenses, ok = true) =>
+  async () => ({
+    ok,
+    json: async () => ({ licenses }),
+  });
+const pkgPatch = (name) => ({
+  repoFullName: "o/r",
+  prNumber: 1,
+  files: [{ path: "package.json", patch: `+    "${name}": "1.0.0",` }],
+});
 
 const okFetch = (vulns) => async () => ({
   ok: true,
@@ -254,3 +267,53 @@ test("buildBrief: dependency + secret analyzers both run", async () => {
     globalThis.fetch = realFetch;
   }
 });
+
+test("scanLicenses: flags copyleft + unknown, skips permissive + fetch-fail", async () => {
+  const gpl = await scanLicenses(
+    pkgPatch("gpl-pkg"),
+    licFetch(["GPL-3.0-or-later"]),
+  );
+  assert.equal(gpl.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(gpl[0].classification, "copyleft");
+  const mit = await scanLicenses(pkgPatch("mit-pkg"), licFetch(["MIT"]));
+  assert.equal(mit.length, 0);
+  const unknown = await scanLicenses(pkgPatch("nolic"), licFetch([]));
+  assert.equal(unknown[0].classification, "unknown");
+  const na = await scanLicenses(pkgPatch("na"), licFetch(["NOASSERTION"]));
+  assert.equal(na[0].classification, "unknown");
+  const failed = await scanLicenses(pkgPatch("x"), licFetch([], false));
+  assert.equal(failed.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("renderBrief: renders the license block", () => {
+  const r = renderBrief({
+    license: [
+      {
+        ecosystem: "npm",
+        package: "g",
+        version: "1",
+        licenses: ["GPL-3.0"],
+        classification: "copyleft",
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  assert.match(r.promptSection, /Dependency licenses/);
+  assert.match(r.promptSection, /`g@1` \(npm\): GPL-3\.0 — \*\*copyleft\*\*/);
+});
+
+test("buildBrief: license analyzer runs alongside the others", async () => {
+  const realFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = async (url) =>
+    String(url).includes("deps.dev")
+      ? { ok: true, json: async () => ({ licenses: ["AGPL-3.0"] }) }
+      : { ok: true, json: async () => ({ vulns: [] }) };
+  try {
+    const brief = await buildBrief(pkgPatch("agpl-pkg"));
+    assert.equal(brief.analyzerStatus.license, "ok");
+    assert.equal(brief.findings.license.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(brief.findings.license[0].classification, "copyleft");
+    assert.match(brief.promptSection, /AGPL-3.0/);
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = realFetch;
+  }
+});