# Does any disclaimer or any copyright notice required to use Elastic ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-any-disclaimer-or-any-copyright-notice-required-to-use-elastic-elk/132806>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-any-disclaimer-or-any-copyright-notice-required-to-use-elastic-elk/132806 "2018-05-22T11:57:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanmaity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@sanmaity](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanmaity)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-any-disclaimer-or-any-copyright-notice-required-to-use-elastic-elk/132806/1 "2018-05-22T11:57:54Z")

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Hi,  
I am using below versions for log monitoring which are compatible with Java 1.7

Elasticsearch-2.4.6  
Filebeat- 5.6.9  
Kibana 4.6.6

Want to check whether any disclaimer or copyright is required from Elastic to use this is Production environment for my client to use commercially?

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**Author:** ![forloop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/forloop/32/9021_2.png) [@forloop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/forloop)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-any-disclaimer-or-any-copyright-notice-required-to-use-elastic-elk/132806/2 "2018-05-23T02:41:49Z")

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**Disclaimer:** I am not a lawyer, and the best person to decide whether you can use software in a production environment is you or a lawyer on your behalf.

The following licenses apply

- Elasticsearch 2.4.6: [Apache License Version 2.0](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/2.4/LICENSE.txt)
- Filebeat 5.6.9: [Apache License Version 2.0](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/5.6/LICENSE)
- Kibana 4.6.6: [Apache License Version 2.0](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/4.6/LICENSE.md)

A license file will be part of any downloaded package or distribution. [Apache License Version 2.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0) is a permissive free software license commonly used which, according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License):

> allows the user of the software the freedom to use the software for any purpose, to distribute it, to modify it, and to distribute modified versions of the software, under the terms of the license, without concern for royalties.

**NOTE** : [X-Pack](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack) is proprietary software developed by Elastic that falls under a commercial license agreement and _not_ Apache License Version 2.0; [please get in touch](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) if you'd like to know more.

Hope that helps!

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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:** [June 20, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-any-disclaimer-or-any-copyright-notice-required-to-use-elastic-elk/132806/3 "2018-06-20T02:41:52Z")

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