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Do I need a license for Docker?
Docker Desktop is licensed as part of a free (Personal) or paid Docker subscription (Pro, Team or Business). Docker Desktop may be used for free as part of a Docker Personal subscription for: Small companies (fewer than 250 employees AND less than $10 million in annual revenue) Personal use.
What license is Docker?
Apache License
Docker is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Can I distribute Docker images?
To share Docker images, you have to use a Docker registry. The default registry is Docker Hub and is where all of the images we’ve used have come from. A Docker ID allows you to access Docker Hub which is the world’s largest library and community for container images. Create a Docker ID for free if you don’t have one.
Are Docker images open source?
Docker Containers Are Everywhere: Linux, Windows, Data center, Cloud, Serverless, etc. Docker container technology was launched in 2013 as an open source Docker Engine. It leveraged existing computing concepts around containers and specifically in the Linux world, primitives known as cgroups and namespaces.
Is Docker a open source license?
Docker Desktop distributes some components that are licensed under the GNU General Public License. You can download the source for these components here.
Is Docker free for students?
We really understand all the associated costs of being a student like tuition, textbooks, lab materials, video games, etc. so we decided they deserved our assistance. That is why we are giving 5 private repos from Docker Cloud to every student for free for one year!
Do you need a license to use dockerfiles?
If there is no explicit license, you have no right to distribute or modify the build script. So you cannot modify or distribute arbitrary Dockerfiles from GitHub unless you have a license. If you build upon an already built base image, you have to comply with the license of that base image AND with the licenses of all included software.
Can a docker image be open source software?
Let’s say, the docker image (downloaded from docker hub) contains only open source software. Am I (formally) allowed to: ? A container image (a file system that may include various copyrighted works) and the scripts to build these images (like a Dockerfile) are separate works.
Can a docker image be used under an MIT License?
E.g. I found an unofficial image with the Oracle JDK software that is only offered under an Oracle EULA, yet the Docker Hub page mentions the MIT license. It is correct that the build scripts are offered under the MIT, but this license cannot apply to the software in the image.
Where do I find the version number for Windows Docker?
Please include the name “Microsoft Software Supplemental License for Windows Container base image,“ the open source component name and version number in the memo line of your payment. You may also find a copy of the source at http://aka.ms/getsource.