Can I use Self-hosted Enterprise Edition Free for Commercial Use?

I’m planning to use Gitlab and self host without a license reducing the features to the free version. Put simply, would I need to purchase a license or just one of the paid subscriptions to use Gitlab for commercial use? Or can I work freely without a license with Free Enterprise Edition?

Furthermore, if this is the case, can anyone provide a link to where this information is stated? To have as a reference, as I am struggling to find a defined sentence which states this.

Danke in advanced

Gitlab-EE can be used without a license, you will just not have the features that require a license. Therefore in such a scenario, it’s no different than if you were to install Gitlab-CE.

Thank you for your help. :+1:

if Gitlab-EE used without license is no difference than using Gitlab-CE, i wonder why not Gitlab do away with Gitlab-CE. Cos it can cause confusion between Gitlab-EE without license and Gitlab-CE.