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 Vaadin core includes an extensive set of technologies and components that are free to use.
 Vaadin core is available under the terms of the Apache License 2.0, which allows you to use the included technologies and components in any project, even commercially.
+Vaadin 23.5.0 and later versions in the 23.x series are in an extended commercial maintenance phase.
 
-You need a commercial license only if you use one of the commercial components (such as, Vaadin Charts) or tools (such as, Vaadin TestBench).
-If your project includes such components or tools, a commercial license is needed for development and to build the production application.
+You need a commercial license only if you use one of the commercial components (such as, Vaadin Charts), tools (such as, Vaadin TestBench), or an extended commercial maintenance version.
+If your project includes such components, tools, or versions, a commercial license is needed for development and to build the production application.
 
 In general, you don't need a license after deploying an application to production.
 The only exception is Collaboration Kit, which requires a license for production use, and it's priced per end user.