# Do we have to buy a Discourse license to use Discourse?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843
**Category:** General
**Created:** [2013 年4 月 13 日 02:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843 "2013-04-13T02:33:40Z")
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### Author: ![davidshq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidshq/32/282359_2.png) [@davidshq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidshq)
#### Post date: [2013 年4 月 13 日 02:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843/1 "2013-04-13T02:33:41Z")

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I’m thinking about using Discourse on a number of sites I run - some non-profit, some for-profit. I was wondering if for commercial purposes folks will have to buy licenses? Or simply that there will be commercial support options a la Red Hat Linux?

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### Author: ![cocococosti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cocococosti/32/231474_2.png) [@cocococosti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cocococosti)
#### Post date: [2021 年5 月 20 日 17:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843/16 "2021-05-20T17:05:39Z")

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不！Discourse 是一款完全免费且开源的软件，未来也将始终如此。您可以随时自行安装，参考我们的 [云安装指南](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)，或直接 [注册我们的托管服务](https://www.discourse.org/pricing)。