You can also use the license
API to retrieve the currently installed license:
curl -XGET -u elastic:changeme 'http://<host>:<port>/_xpack/license' { "license" : { "status" : "active", "uid" : "0a98411f-73f4-4c67-954c-724874ed5488", "type" : "trial", "issue_date" : "2015-10-13T18:18:20.709Z", "issue_date_in_millis" : 1444760300709, "expiry_date" : "2015-11-12T18:18:20.709Z", "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1447352300709, "max_nodes" : 1000, "issued_to" : "elasticsearch", "issuer" : "elasticsearch" } }

You need cluster admin privileges to retrieve the license.