Can we use basic Elasticsearch for commercial use

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Can we use basic Elasticsearch8.5 for commercial use

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Yes unless you are directly exposing to your users Elasticsearch or Kibana, in which case you should contact Elastic.

More details at: FAQ on Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2) | Elastic

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thanks, We just used it for data storage

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@dadoonet ELv2 FAQs have an excellent explanation :+1:

Am I understood correctly?
The company A is hosting an ecommerce solution to other companies C, D, …
The company B is a system integration which helps to implement ELK

  • It's permitted to the company B to implement ELK on the company A servers
  • The company B may use ELK for the internal infrastructure as the basic license
  • If they start to provide analytics to C, D, companies... it's then commercial version - not the basic license any more, no matter if you charge companies C,D... or not.
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@Rios IANAL but for the last point:

  • If they start to provide analytics to C, D, companies... it's then commercial version - not the basic license any more, no matter if you charge companies C,D... or not.

I'd say that your understanding is correct. But I'd double-check this by reaching out the right people. :wink:

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Good, thx for info.

The last point could be under a discussion only if the company "A" provide analytic services free of charge, but they have to prove. For instance, since next month the same ecommerce hosting is XXX$, plus included log analytics by Elasic, but free of charge.

As you said, contact the right people by email, lawyers will said the last word, before a judge :slight_smile:

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I have another question, When our product uses some functions of elasticsearch, can we still apply for a patent for this product?

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I have no idea on this. Better to ask the team.

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