# Elastic search license

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-license/9317
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 11, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-license/9317 "2012-10-11T09:55:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Akash\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Akash\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akash_Gupta)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-license/9317/1 "2012-10-11T09:55:38Z")

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Can elastic search be used for creating commercial products.?

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### Author: ![Tanguy1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy1/32/1749_2.png) [@Tanguy1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tanguy1)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-license/9317/2 "2012-10-11T10:01:28Z")

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I think so, as long as you respect the conditions

[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

-- Tanguy  
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Le jeudi 11 octobre 2012 11:55:38 UTC+2, Akash Gupta a écrit :

> Can Elasticsearch be used for creating commercial products.?

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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: [July 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-license/9317/3 "2017-07-06T03:09:21Z")

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