A license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. The spelling ''license'' is usual in American English. In British English, ''licence'' is the noun form, and ''license'' is the verb, so a when a ''licensee'' has a ''licence'', they are ''licensed'' by a ''Licensing'' Authority. In Canadian English, the spellings denote different meanings (e.g. a ''licence to drive'' would refer to a legal permission, whereas a ''license to drive'' could refer to a permission of circumstance). In law, the document is the evidence (law) of a license to be distinguished from the underlying license which is the actual permission to an act in a way that would be otherwise unlawful. Originally in reference to property, a license was the right of an individual to enter upon the property of another to do an act that would have otherwise been considered illegal as a trespass, such as walking in the woods, hunting game or swimming in the lake. To be distinguished from a license coupled with an interest which is an irrevocable license that granted some interest in land or in a chattel. Such a license could be enforced with an injunction. Licenses can be gratuitous, revokable at will (sometimes called a bare license) or a type of bailment. [[Image:Criminal_law_authorized_reprint.jpg|thumb|A book published in the U.S. and its licensed Chinese reprint (for sale in Mainland China only)]] The holder of a copyright, trademark, or patent may (and often does) require that a license be accepted as a condition of being allowed to use, reproduce, or create an instance of the licensed work. Computer users may think of licenses as in reference to end user licence agreements (EULA), which are claimed by vendors to encumber the user with extra restrictions besides the copyright, as a condition of granting permission under copyright law to use the work. The person who purchases a book normally owns the atoms and the right to resell or lend, but not the copyright to the text. In the United States this right to resell is part of the first-sale doctrine. Software licenses are often highly restrictive, and most software users do not read them in full. So-called "shrink-wrap" licences and "click-through" licences are common. Most limit the number of computers the software can be installed on, the number of users that can use the software, and apply other limitations that are not inherent in the technology. As a result, huge fortunes have been made by selling goods that have a minimal cost of reproduction on a per-item basis. In the US, the first-sale doctrine, Softman v. Adobe [http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-articles/briefs&file=softman-v-adobe] and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. rule that software sales are purchases, not licenses, and resale, including unbundling, is lawful regardless of a contractual prohibition. So-called free software licenses and open source licenses are a reaction to what many see as the unfair restrictions of proprietary software licenses. ==Academia== A license is an academic degree in many European university which is sort of equivalent to the master's degree. Originally, in order to teach at a university, one needed this degree which, according to its title, gave you a license to teach. The name survived despite the fact that nowadays one really needs a doctorate in order to teach at a university. A person who holds a license is called a licentiate. ==See also== * Driver's license * Intellectual property ** Licensing (strategic alliance) ** Cross-licensing * Aviator * Federal Communications Commission ==External link== * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24131.html Danish local government rebels against MS license terms] * [http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030017.htm Licensing Act 2003] - England & Wales ---- Licence is also a state of liberty, and is sometimes used as a synonym for licentiousness. Licenses simple:License
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also licence.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. --P. Plowman. 2. The document granting such permission. --Addison. 3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton. 4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. Syn: Leave; liberty; permission. License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licensed (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak. WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn] license n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: permit] 2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [syn: licence] 3: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint: "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke 4: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: permission, permit] v : authorize officially [syn: licence, certify] [ant: decertify] ----- == Merge matter from Licensing (strategic alliance)== Licensing (strategic alliance) contains interesting elements regarding intellectual property licenses but information on this type of license can already be found in License. --User:Edcolins 20:06, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC) :I somewhat agree, but licensing itself is a big topic in business as a form of operation mode / strategic alliance. The license article is too general in my opinion to fit there. --User:Vikingstad 07:40, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
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License_Plate_Poker
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License
A license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. The spelling ''license'' is usual in American English. In British English, ''licence'' is the noun form, and ''license'' is the verb, so a when a ''licensee'' has a ''licence'', they are ''licensed'' by a ''Licensing'' Authority. In Canadian English, the spellings denote different meanings (e.g. a ''licence to drive'' would refer to a legal permission, whereas a ''license to drive'' could refer to a permission of circumstance). In law, the document is the evidence (law) of a license to be distinguished from the underlying license which is the actual permission to an act in a way that would be otherwise unlawful. Originally in reference to property, a license was the right of an individual to enter upon the property of another to do an act that would have otherwise been considered illegal as a trespass, such as walking in the woods, hunting game or swimming in the lake. To be distinguished from a license coupled with an interest which is an irrevocable license that granted some interest in land or in a chattel. Such a license could be enforced with an injunction. Licenses can be gratuitous, revokable at will (sometimes called a bare license) or a type of bailment. [[Image:Criminal_law_authorized_reprint.jpg|thumb|A book published in the U.S. and its licensed Chinese reprint (for sale in Mainland China only)]] The holder of a copyright, trademark, or patent may (and often does) require that a license be accepted as a condition of being allowed to use, reproduce, or create an instance of the licensed work. Computer users may think of licenses as in reference to end user licence agreements (EULA), which are claimed by vendors to encumber the user with extra restrictions besides the copyright, as a condition of granting permission under copyright law to use the work. The person who purchases a book normally owns the atoms and the right to resell or lend, but not the copyright to the text. In the United States this right to resell is part of the first-sale doctrine. Software licenses are often highly restrictive, and most software users do not read them in full. So-called "shrink-wrap" licences and "click-through" licences are common. Most limit the number of computers the software can be installed on, the number of users that can use the software, and apply other limitations that are not inherent in the technology. As a result, huge fortunes have been made by selling goods that have a minimal cost of reproduction on a per-item basis. In the US, the first-sale doctrine, Softman v. Adobe [http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-articles/briefs&file=softman-v-adobe] and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. rule that software sales are purchases, not licenses, and resale, including unbundling, is lawful regardless of a contractual prohibition. So-called free software licenses and open source licenses are a reaction to what many see as the unfair restrictions of proprietary software licenses. ==Academia== A license is an academic degree in many European university which is sort of equivalent to the master's degree. Originally, in order to teach at a university, one needed this degree which, according to its title, gave you a license to teach. The name survived despite the fact that nowadays one really needs a doctorate in order to teach at a university. A person who holds a license is called a licentiate. ==See also== * Driver's license * Intellectual property ** Licensing (strategic alliance) ** Cross-licensing * Aviator * Federal Communications Commission ==External link== * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24131.html Danish local government rebels against MS license terms] * [http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030017.htm Licensing Act 2003] - England & Wales ---- Licence is also a state of liberty, and is sometimes used as a synonym for licentiousness. Licenses simple:License
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''Raw content that needs work before inclusion in the main article. A linkage list would also be good at the end of the main article linking the various types of "licenses". I will update the article if and when I have time. Please use the following to help write the article. ---user:maveric149''
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also licence.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. --P. Plowman. 2. The document granting such permission. --Addison. 3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton. 4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. Syn: Leave; liberty; permission. License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licensed (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak. WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn] license n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: permit] 2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [syn: licence] 3: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint: "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke 4: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: permission, permit] v : authorize officially [syn: licence, certify] [ant: decertify] ----- == Merge matter from Licensing (strategic alliance)== Licensing (strategic alliance) contains interesting elements regarding intellectual property licenses but information on this type of license can already be found in License. --User:Edcolins 20:06, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC) :I somewhat agree, but licensing itself is a big topic in business as a form of operation mode / strategic alliance. The license article is too general in my opinion to fit there. --User:Vikingstad 07:40, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
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License_plate_of_mainland_China
License_Plate_Poker
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