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description: Docker's use of Open Source
keywords: docker, opensource
title: Open source components and licensing
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Docker Desktop Editions are built using open source software. For
details on the licensing, choose <img src="../images/whale-x.png">
-->&nbsp;**About** from within the application, then click **Acknowledgements**.

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