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To license or '''grant license''' is to give permission. A license ( Also Spelled '''licence''', particularly in the Commonwealth ) is the document demonstrating that permission. License may be granted by a party ("licensor") to another party ("licensee") as an element of an agreement between those parties. A shorthand definition of a license is "a promise (by the licensor) not to sue (the licensee)." OCCUPATIONAL See Also: Licensure Obtaining a licence is required of a number of occupations and professions where maintenance of standards is required to protect public safety, for example Physician s, Psychologist s, and Electrician s are often licensed by the government or professional societies. fdfd INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A licensor may grant license under " Intellectual Property " to do something (such as copy software or use a Patent ed invention) without fear of a claim of intellectual property infringement brought by the licensor. A license under intellectual property commonly has several component parts, including a term, '''territory''', '''renewal''', as well as other limitations deemed vital to the licensor. Term: many licenses are valid for a particular length of time. This protects the licensor should the value of the license increase, or market conditions change. Territory: a license may stipulate what territory the rights pertain to. For example, a license with a territory limited to "North America" (United States/Canada) would not permit a licensee any protection for actions in Japan. Mass licensing of software See Also: Software license agreement Mass distributed software is used by individuals on personal computers under license from the developer of that software. Such license is typically included in a more extensive end-user license agreement (EULA) entered into upon the installation of that software on a computer. Under a typical end-user license agreement, the user may install the software on a limited number of computers. The enforceability of end-user license agreements is sometimes Questioned . Trademark and brand licensing A licensor may grant permission to a licensee to distribute products under a Trademark . With such a license, the licensee may use the trademark without fear of a claim of trademark infringement by the licensor. Artwork and character licensing A licensor may grant a permission to a licensee to copy and distribute Copyright ed works such as "art" (e.g., Thomas Kincaid 's painting "Dawn in Los Gatos") and characters (e.g., Mickey Mouse ). With such license, a licensee need not fear a claim of copyright infringement brought by the licensor. ACADEMIA only)]] National examples of the License are listed at Licentiate A licence is an Academic Degree . Originally, in order to teach at a university, one needed this degree which, according to its title, gave the bearer a license to teach. The name survived despite the fact that nowadays Doctorate is typically needed in order to teach at a university. A person who holds a licence is called a Licentiate . In Sweden and some European Universities it is approximately equivalent to an MPhil or MRes . In those countries, a licence is a middle-level degree between a master's degree and a doctorate, taken by doctoral canidates, and is a popular choice in those countries where a "true" Phd would take five or more years to achieve. In other countries, i.e. ) SEE ALSO
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