# Elastic basic license legal implications
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-basic-license-legal-implications/199673
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-basic-license-legal-implications/199673 "2019-09-16T13:47:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@alexif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexif)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-basic-license-legal-implications/199673/1 "2019-09-16T13:47:51Z")
Hi,
We'd like to use the basic license in a product built on Kubernetes. Is there any legal implication on using the basic license in to a saleable product?
We're currently using the oss version and we're looking on extending it to the basic license.
How can we treat the install/update of basic license for every new system deployed?
BR,
Alex
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-basic-license-legal-implications/199673/2 "2019-09-20T09:10:17Z")
Hi @AlexF and welcome! Excerpting [these lines](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/dffaefeed449670e2d985fadb6d84bffa19f6aae/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt#L52-L56) of the license text:
> ... If You [...] are interested in obtaining Elastic's permission to engage in commercial or non-commercial distribution of the Elastic Software, please contact [elastic\_license@elastic.co](mailto:elastic_license@elastic.co).
It's certainly possible to obtain this permission - there are already other products for sale that repackage Elasticsearch in full - but it depends on the details of your case. Send an email to the address above and we'll hopefully be able to help further.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-basic-license-legal-implications/199673/3 "2019-10-18T09:10:20Z")
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