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Elastic License 2.0
Use, copy, distribute and adapt the software, but do not offer it to others as a hosted or managed service, and do not circumvent license keys or remove notices.
SPDX Elastic-2.0 Version 2.0 Official text
Uses at a glance
| commercial use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| production deployment | Needs human review |
| modification / derivatives | Permitted |
| redistribution | Permitted |
| sublicensing | Prohibited |
| AI model training | Needs human review |
| inference-time use (RAG, prompts, generation) | Permitted |
Why some uses need review
production deployment. Deploying inside your own product is allowed, but providing the software to third parties as a hosted or managed service that gives them access to a substantial set of its features is not. A reviewer should confirm how your deployment exposes it.
AI model training. The license grants broad rights but attaches conditions (such as keeping notices) to copies and adaptations. Whether a trained model, or its output, is a copy or adaptation that carries those conditions is legally unsettled, and in some places training may fall under an exception such as fair use. A human reviewer should confirm this use for your case.
Duties
- license notice
- no hosted service
- keep license keys
Notes
- Not an open source license under the OSI definition.
Resources under this license
No resource in the registry is published under this license yet.
For agents
curl -s https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"license":"Elastic-2.0","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true,"deployment":true}}'Reading version 2026-10-09 by the Rightshold rights desk; reference hash 215003b59428e83f952c0390e6b54972310219a534f19017e525ccffeea36e01 identifies this license version. The license text governs; this is not legal advice.