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 ## Licensing
 
-Everything in this repository — rules, code, RTA, etc. — is licensed under the [Elastic License](LICENSE.txt). These rules are designed to be used in the context of the Detection Engine within the Elastic Security application. If you are using the Elastic Stack with at least the [Basic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) subscription, then you can use these rules for free.
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+Everything in this repository — rules, code, RTA, etc. — is licensed under the [Elastic License](LICENSE.txt). These rules are designed to be used in the context of the Detection Engine within the Elastic Security application. If you’re using our [Elastic Cloud managed service](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/) or the default distribution of the Elastic Stack software that includes the [full set of free features](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions), you’ll get the latest rules the first time you navigate to the detection engine.
 
 Occasionally, we may want to import rules from another repository that already have a license, such as MIT or Apache 2.0. This is welcome, as long as the license permits sublicensing under the Elastic License. We keep those license notices in `NOTICES.txt` and sublicense as the Elastic License with all other rules. We also require contributors to sign a [Contributor License Agreement](https://www.elastic.co/contributor-agreement) before contributing code to any Elastic repositories.