license to use

  • 1license — 1. noun /ˈlaɪsəns/ a) A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this… …

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  • 2license — li·cense 1 / līs əns/ n [Anglo French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted, be for sale] 1 a: a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of… …

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  • 3License proliferation — refers to the problems created when additional software licenses are written for software packages. License proliferation affects the free software community. Often when a software developer would like to merge portions of different software… …

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  • 4License-free software — is computer software that is copyrighted but is not accompanied by a software license. Such software is rare. Examples The best known examples of license free software were various programs written by Daniel J. Bernstein, notably qmail, djbdns,… …

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  • 5license — li‧cense [ˈlaɪsns] also licence verb [transitive] LAW 1. to give official permission for someone to do something or for an activity to take place: • The building contractors we hired were licensed by the General Service Administration …

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  • 6License compatibility — refers to the problem with licenses of software packages which can contain contradictory requirements, rendering it impossible to combine source code from such packages in order to create new software packages. [… …

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  • 7Use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense — is a 2003 report by The MITRE Corporation that documented widespread use of and reliance on free software (termed FOSS ) within the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The report helped end a debate about whether FOSS should be banned from …

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  • 8license plate — license plates N COUNT A license plate is a sign on the front and back of a vehicle that shows its license number. [AM] (in BRIT, use number plate) …

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  • 9license number — license numbers N COUNT The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it. [AM] (in BRIT, use registration number) …

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  • 10license — A personal privilege to do some particular act or series of acts on land without possessing any estate or interest therein, and is ordinarily revocable at the will of the licensor and is not assignable. Lehman v. Williamson, 35 Colo.App. 372, 533 …

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