Elastic License 2.0
源码可见SPDX 标识:
Elastic-2.0OSI ✗数据更新于 2026年9月26日机器翻译白话解读
源码可见:可免费使用和修改,但不得作为托管服务提供,也不得绕过许可证密钥。
类比: 在家或自家餐厅里用都行,但不能开一家专卖这道菜的店。
优点
- + 简短清晰
- + 只针对托管服务竞争者
缺点
- - 不是开源许可证
- - 限制分叉和部分合作方
使用它的知名项目
图谱中有 5 个知名项目使用该许可证。
允许
- 商业使用
- 修改
- 分发
- 私人使用
- 专利授权
义务
- 保留版权声明
- 保留限制条款
限制
- 不承担责任
- 不提供担保
- 禁止托管服务
- 禁止绕过密钥
极端场景 · 代码许可证
- A1许可证阻止云厂商把你的项目做成托管服务售卖
- A2有条件fork 后闭源分发竞品限制条款须保留
- A3可以嵌入闭源 SaaS 后端(不分发)非托管其本身
- A4可以链接进闭源 App / 固件分发
- A5未约定用你的名字/商标宣传改版
- A6可以原样打包收费售卖
- B1许可证阻止起诉作者专利侵权后继续使用
- B2许可证阻止贡献者对用户主张其代码中的专利
- B3未约定跨法域纠纷,适用法律/管辖
- C1有条件作者日后改协议/卖商业授权(贡献者未签 CLA)通常靠 CLA
- C2许可证阻止代码被并入 GPL-3.0 项目
- C3许可证阻止用了 GPL-3.0 依赖,整体仍以此协议发布
- C4有条件项目停更,他人 fork 接手限制延续
- C5有条件作者只禁止大公司/竞争对手使用仅限托管服务
- C6未约定关键代码由公司员工写、公司不同意开源
- D1许可证阻止删除版权/署名声明
- D2可以修改文件不标注修改
- D3可以内部修改、不分发也不对外服务
- D4可以用于军事/监控等作者不认同的用途
- D5未约定被受制裁实体使用
- D6未约定代码被用于训练 AI 模型
最坏情况雷达图
- 1防白嫖33
- 2防闭源25
- 3专利保护100
- 4企业采纳阻力25
- 5改协议难度50
由场景矩阵自动计算。分数高表示该属性更强,不代表“更好”。
与其他许可证对比…
官方原文
只有官方文本具有法律效力,本站不自行翻译许可证原文。
https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license
Elastic License 2.0
Elastic License 2.0
URL: https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license
Acceptance
By using the software, you agree to all of the terms and conditions below.
Copyright License
The licensor grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide,
non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use, copy, distribute, make
available, and prepare derivative works of the software, in each case subject to
the limitations and conditions below.
Limitations
You may not provide the software to third parties as a hosted or managed
service, where the service provides users with access to any substantial set of
the features or functionality of the software.
You may not move, change, disable, or circumvent the license key functionality
in the software, and you may not remove or obscure any functionality in the
software that is protected by the license key.
You may not alter, remove, or obscure any licensing, copyright, or other notices
of the licensor in the software. Any use of the licensor’s trademarks is subject
to applicable law.
Patents
The licensor grants you a license, under any patent claims the licensor can
license, or becomes able to license, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for
sale, import and have imported the software, in each case subject to the
limitations and conditions in this license. This license does not cover any
patent claims that you cause to be infringed by modifications or additions to
the software. If you or your company make any written claim that the software
infringes or contributes to infringement of any patent, your patent license for
the software granted under these terms ends immediately. If your company makes
such a claim, your patent license ends immediately for work on behalf of your
company.
Notices
You must ensure that anyone who gets a copy of any part of the software from you
also gets a copy of these terms.
If you modify the software, you must include in any modified copies of the
software prominent notices stating that you have modified the software.
## No Other Rights
These terms do not imply any licenses other than those expressly granted in
these terms.
Termination
If you use the software in violation of these terms, such use is not licensed,
and your licenses will automatically terminate. If the licensor provides you
with a notice of your violation, and you cease all violation of this license no
later than 30 days after you receive that notice, your licenses will be
reinstated retroactively. However, if you violate these terms after such
reinstatement, any additional violation of these terms will cause your licenses
to terminate automatically and permanently.
No Liability
As far as the law allows, the software comes as is, without any warranty or
condition, and the licensor will not be liable to you for any damages arising
out of these terms or the use or nature of the software, under any kind of
legal claim.
Definitions
The licensor is the entity offering these terms, and the software is the
software the licensor makes available under these terms, including any portion
of it.
you refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these terms.
your company is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, or other kind of
organization that you work for, plus all organizations that have control over,
are under the control of, or are under common control with that
organization. control means ownership of substantially all the assets of an
entity, or the power to direct its management and policies by vote, contract, or
otherwise. Control can be direct or indirect.
your licenses are all the licenses granted to you for the software under
these terms.
use means anything you do with the software requiring one of your licenses.
trademark means trademarks, service marks, and similar rights.