# Julia License FAQ

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-license-faq/8756>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** proposal, documentation, licenses\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-license-faq/8756 "2018-02-01T21:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![lucatrv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lucatrv/32/5650_2.png) [@lucatrv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lucatrv)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-license-faq/8756/1 "2018-02-01T21:39:05Z")

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I think that the Julia documentation should have a “Julia License FAQ” section, on the model of the “[Python Software Foundation License FAQ](https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq)”. In particular I think that it would be beneficial to have the following question answered in simple words: “[Can I bundle Julia with my non-open-source application?](https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq#Can_I_bundle_Python_with_my_non-open-source_application.3F)”. I know that there are many technical details on Julia’s license both [here](https://julialang.org/) and [here](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/LICENSE.md), but IMHO it would be useful to have an explanatory summary such as the above Python’s FAQ.

Moreover, since I understand that Julia as it is cannot be bundled with non-open-source applications due to some GPL external libraries (and I guess the same applies to JuliaPro) I think it would also be useful to have a Julia distribution subset including only permissively licensed libraries, which could be bundled with non-open-source applications.

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**Author:** ![Nosferican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nosferican/32/9275_2.png) [@Nosferican](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nosferican)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-license-faq/8756/2 "2018-02-02T01:23:02Z")

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It has been discussed on a few discourse forums already.  
There is an option for building a distribution of Julia excluding all conflicting licenses in order to have a more permissive license such as “for commercial use” distribution (e.g., JuliaPro); this can be done, but one must build it from the source code (e.g., `USE_GPL_LIBS=0`).