# Open Source vs Basic Licences

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625 "2019-07-09T21:08:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dandago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandago/32/56215_2.png) [@dandago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandago)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625/1 "2019-07-09T21:08:03Z")

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On the [Subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) page, there's a feature comparison. The two free offerings, Open Source and Basic, point to the same downloads page.

Therefore, I have no idea which one I got when I downloaded Elasticsearch.

Can anyone explain why these two different free offerings exist?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625/2 "2019-07-09T21:36:47Z")

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You have by default the basic elastic license one.  
The OSS one (with code under only Apache2 license) is available from [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-oss](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-oss)

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**Author:** ![dandago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandago/32/56215_2.png) [@dandago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandago)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625/3 "2019-07-10T18:24:08Z")

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So the OSS one is the same minus some proprietary / otherwise licensed stuff.

Thanks, that clarifies the matter.

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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:** [August 7, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-source-vs-basic-licences/189625/4 "2019-08-07T18:24:13Z")

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