Definition of License. Meaning of License. Synonyms of License

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Definition of License

License
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
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.

Meaning of License from wikipedia

- A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreement between those parties. In the case of a license issued...
- A software license is a legal instrument governing the use or redistribution of software. Since the 1970s, software copyright has been recognized in the...
- MIT License is a permissive software license originating at the M****achusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s. As a permissive license, it...
- A free license or open license is a license that allows copyrighted work to be reused, modified, and redistributed. These uses are normally prohibited...
- The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It allows users to use the software for any...
- Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is used...
- BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is...
- libpng library uses a similar license, libpng license, sometimes referred interchangeably as zlib/libpng license. The zlib license has been approved by the...
- A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official do****ent confirming such an authorization, for a specific...
- A firearms license (also known as a gun license; or licence in British English) is a license or permit issued by a government authority (typically by...