# Ansible License Requirements **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** awx\ **Created:** [May 12, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157 "2021-05-12T10:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jatin\_Garg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@Jatin\_Garg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatin_Garg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/1 "2021-05-12T10:29:09Z")
Hi Guys, I need to understand license requirements for commercial use of Ansible and AWX. I think that no license is required for Ansible and AWX. Please suggest. Regards, Jatin Garg ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_remix\_tj\_Lorenz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@Luca\_remix\_tj\_Lorenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luca_remix_tj_Lorenz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/2 "2021-05-12T12:09:06Z")
Hello Jatin, ansible and awx are opensource projects, so you can use for free. Luca ---
**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/3 "2021-05-12T13:24:45Z")
More specifically, Ansible is licensed under GPL 3+ and AWX is licensed under Apache 2.0. Finding the AWX licence is not so hard, however I am somewhat amazed that even with a fair amount of searching, I couldn't find any clear statement on the ansible website itself that it is licensed under GPL 3+. I took that information from wikipedia. [https://www.ansible.com/products/awx-project/faq](https://www.ansible.com/products/awx-project/faq) Antony. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/4 "2021-05-12T15:50:46Z")
normally each project has this or similar (COPYING): [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/LICENSE.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/LICENSE.md) ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/5 "2021-05-12T15:57:19Z")
GitHub is the primary reference. This is where the code is published. Simply google "github ansible" or "github awx" [https://github.com/ansible/ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible) > **[GitHub - ansible/awx: AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API,...](https://github.com/ansible/awx)** > > AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. ---
**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/6 "2021-05-12T19:22:39Z")
I can't help feeling that most people who might want to know the licence under which Ansible is published are going to start with a Google search for "ansible licence" (or perhaps "ansible license") or else "ansible licensing". How are they supposed to know that "github" is the magic word? Antony. ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/7 "2021-05-13T04:20:12Z")
> \> Antony Stone \ wrote: > \> \> ... fair amount of searching, ... it is licensed under GPL 3+. I took > \> \> that information from wikipedia. > \> > \> GitHub is the primary reference. This is where the code is published. > \> Simply google "github ansible" or "github awx" > > I can't help feeling that most people who might want to know the licence under > which Ansible is published are going to start with a Google search for > "ansible licence" (or perhaps "ansible license") or else "ansible licensing". > How are they supposed to know that "github" is the magic word? There are hints everywhere 1) "Edit on GitHub" in each right upper corner of the documentation. 2) [https://www.ansible.com/](https://www.ansible.com/) -\> Community -\> "Ansible on GitHub" 3) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible\_(software)#References](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible_(software)#References) It seems that the question is rather "How are they supposed to know that source code is the right place to look for a license?" ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-license-requirements/35157/8 "2021-05-13T13:34:11Z")
In all cases I know of, the license is included with the source code (seems like it is a copyright requirement).