# Difference between Basic License and Elastic license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 30, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618 "2019-09-30T10:49:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/1 "2019-09-30T10:49:56Z")

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Hi all,  
I am clear about Apache 2.0 and Elastic license but I would like to know the difference between these two license .

Thanks

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**Author:** ![MiTschMR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mitschmr/32/48254_2.png) [@MiTschMR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MiTschMR)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/2 "2019-09-30T11:24:39Z")

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Hi @MKU

You can read everything about the differences [here](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions).

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/3 "2019-09-30T12:04:34Z")

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I think it is also fair to mention and refer to [Elastic license, 6.2](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/a0b8358365d980fb7533922cea41027cd2cd6ea0/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt#L179-L182) as it adds more context.

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/4 "2019-09-30T16:49:05Z")

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From what i understand you can make use of basic license features , but cannot license and sell the product you developed out of it.  
Is it correct?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/5 "2019-09-30T17:06:57Z")

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It depends. You can obtain permission to distribute the whole of Elasticsearch, basic features and more, as described in the license:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/v6.8.2/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt#L52-L56>

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-basic-license-and-elastic-license/201618/6 "2019-10-28T17:21:36Z")

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