# Open source commercial usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-commercial-usage/238566>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** license\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-commercial-usage/238566 "2020-06-24T22:06:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Elastan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@Elastan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-commercial-usage/238566/1 "2020-06-24T22:06:16Z")

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Is this free fully to use open source version or have any license limitations business (not talking about technicals and lack of features)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-commercial-usage/238566/2 "2020-06-25T06:21:49Z")

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Yes, the OSS distribution is Apache 2.0 licensed which is a very permissive license.

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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 23, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-commercial-usage/238566/3 "2020-07-23T06:21:55Z")

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