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title: Docker Desktop license agreement
description: Information about Docker Desktop's license agreement
keywords: license agreement, docker desktop, subscription
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Docker Desktop is licensed under the Docker Subscription Service Agreement. When you download and install Docker Desktop, you will be asked to agree to the updated terms.

Our [Docker Subscription Service Agreement](https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-subscription-service-agreement){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_" id="dkr_docs_subscription_btl"} states:

 - Docker Desktop is free for small businesses (fewer than 250 employees AND less than $10 million in annual revenue), personal use, education, and non-commercial open source projects.
 - Otherwise, it requires a paid subscription for professional use.
- Paid subscriptions are also required for government entities.
- The Docker Pro, Team, and Business subscriptions include commercial use of Docker Desktop.

Read the [Blog](https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_" id="dkr_docs_subscription_btl"} and [Docker subscription FAQs](https://www.docker.com/pricing/faq){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_" id="dkr_docs_subscription_btl"} to learn how companies using Docker Desktop may be affected.

> **Note**
>
> The licensing and distribution terms for Docker and Moby open-source projects, such as Docker Engine, aren't changing.

Docker Desktop is built using open-source software. For information about the licensing of open-source components in Docker Desktop, select ![whale menu](../desktop/mac/images/whale-x.svg){: .inline} > **About Docker Desktop** > **Acknowledgements**.

Docker Desktop distributes some components that are licensed under the
GNU General Public License. Select [here](https://download.docker.com/opensource/License.tar.gz) to download the source for these components.