# Licensing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 22, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446 "2018-10-22T16:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![muthualagappan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@muthualagappan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muthualagappan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446/1 "2018-10-22T16:29:42Z")

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Can I include the desktop version of elastic search in my desktop ( Linux / MAC / Windows) version of the product? Is there any licensing restriction of using elastic search (desktop version) in any kind of commercial / proprietary application?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446/2 "2018-10-23T01:51:23Z")

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Can you rephrase your question as there is no desktop version of Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![muthualagappan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@muthualagappan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muthualagappan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446/3 "2018-10-23T08:06:29Z")

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We would like to use the windows/Linux/MACOS version of the elasticsearch mentioned here [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch) inside our application for the search feature.

Is there any licensing restriction of using elastic search in any kind of commercial / proprietary application?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446/4 "2018-10-23T08:22:33Z")

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You can see the license for Elasticsearch here [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/LICENSE.txt](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)

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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:** [November 20, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/licensing/153446/5 "2018-11-20T08:34:43Z")

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Closed on November 20, 2018, 8:34am UTC

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