# Shield license for Elasticsearch client library maintainers?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 15, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656 "2016-09-15T23:12:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sckott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sckott/32/10836_2.png) [@sckott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sckott)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656/1 "2016-09-15T23:12:16Z")

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Is there a Shield license for people that maintain an Elasticsearch client library? I maintain the R client for Elasticsearch, and I can't really make sure my client works in the long term with only the 30 day license. Thanks!

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656/2 "2016-09-15T23:20:24Z")

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Thanks for reaching out about this! I've raised this internally and we'll get back to you 🙂

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**Author:** ![sckott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sckott/32/10836_2.png) [@sckott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sckott)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656/3 "2016-09-15T23:33:36Z")

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Thanks! Completely understand if it doesn't fly

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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, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license-for-elasticsearch-client-library-maintainers/60656/4 "2017-07-06T13:41:51Z")

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