I have been using Docker Community edition. Is it true that all of Docker products and services are now covered under Docker Subscription Service agreement, with 4 tiers of service (Personal, Pro, Team and Business)? Is Docker-CE covered under a. Docker subscription service agreement? or b. Dock…

The recent changes in the subscription policy are ment for Docker for Desktop, not for the Linux CE version. DfD is still free for personal usage and now requires a subscription for commercial usage. Docker CE on Linux is still free of charge.

I’m curious about another point because I couldn’t find any clear explanation about this. Do I need a subscription If I use docker CE in Windows WSL Ubuntu for commercial use?

[image] dansara: Do I need a subscription If I use docker CE in Windows WSL Ubuntu for commercial use? If it’s installed manualy on WSL, then it actualy IS the linux CE version. The same is true if you create a linux vm and install the CE version there. The requirement for a subscription is …

Is there formal document or website that we can point to regarding docker-ce being free? My company lawyers aren’t trusting the semi-random forum posts :slight_smile:

[image] GitHub - docker/docker-ce: :warning: This repository is deprecated and will... :warning: This repository is deprecated and will be archived (Docker CE itself is NOT deprecated) see the https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/blob/master/README.md :warning: - GitHub - docker/docke... …

[image] rimelek: Docker CE since there is no Docker EE (enterprise edition) anymore and the link points to the moby project. I hope it Wow! Thanks so much for the details. Perfect.

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maneeshmenon (Maneeshmenon) September 7, 2021, 4:18am 3

Thanks for confirming on the license topic.

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