BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: License
- a contractual arrangement, or a document representing this, in which one organization gives another the rights to produce, sell, or use something in return for payment
Wiktionary Definition for: License
- A legal document giving official permission to do something, a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Ex:''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 agreement.''
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- Ex:''When liberty becomes '''license''' dictatorship is near'', Will Durant
- #An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and South American Universities.
- The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
- Ex:''It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.''
- Authorize officially.
- Ex:''I am licensed to practice law in this state.''
Additional Resources
- Microsoft Q1 2010 by the numbers: Windows license sales at record levels
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Microsoft may have quite a headache, but the economy finally isn't whacking the company as hard. This morning, Microsoft announced fiscal 2010 first quarter results before Wall Street's opening bell, beating analyst consensus expectations. Mixing metaphors, Microsoft's results don't...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Qualcomm Wins Commercial Subscriber License Agreement with Qingdao Hisense. (Wireless).(Brief Article)
- Qualcomm won a commercial subscriber unit license agreement with Qingdao Hisense Group, a major electronic producer in China. Under the terms of the license agreement, Qualcomm granted Hisense Group a license under Qualcomm's CDMA patent ... Qualcomm won a commercial subscriber unit license agreement with ...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Aide: expect compulsory license hearings. (senior aide for the House copyright subcommittee; hearings on cable's compulsory license)
- Aide: Expect Compulsory License Hearings WASHINGTON -- There's a "good possibility" that the House copyright subcommittee will hold hearings on cable's compulsory license, which will most likely also include retransmission consent leg Aide: Expect Compulsory License Hearings ...
- Research articles 1991-11-04
- License revocation sought over Stern remarks; Hispanic group says FCC should pull Greater Media's license for KLSX in wake of Selena comments. (Howard Stern, Selena Quintanilla Perez)
- Hispanic group says FCC should pull Greater Media's license for KLSX in wake of Selena comments The National Hispanic Media Coalition is not accepting Howard Stern's apology. The group last week asked the FCC to yank the license of Greater...
- Research articles 1995-10-02
- FCC Grants OVS License for Austin.(Federal Communications Commission; open-video-system license to LyncStar Integrated Communications for Austin, Texas service)
- DENVER -- The Federal Communications Commission has granted Colorado-based LyncStar Integrated Communications LLC an open-video-system license to serve Austin, Texas. The OVS license will allow the SMATV (satellite-master-antenna-TV) operator DENVER -- The Federal Communications Commission has granted ...
- Research articles 1999-01-18
- FCC approves GTE Air Fone air-to-ground license. (Federal Communications Commission grants GTE Airfone telephone service license )
- FCC approves GTE Air Fone air-to-ground license STAMFORD - The Federal Communications Commission has granted GTE Airfone a nationwide air-to-ground telephone service license. The company has been operating the service - the first of its kind - under FCC approves GTE Air Fone air-to-ground license...
- Research articles 1991-08-19
- BMI and the Television Music License Committee reached an agreement for music license fees through Dec 31, 1994. (Brief Article)
- BMI and the Television Music License Committee reached an agreement for music license fees through Dec. 31, 1994. The deal requires no retroactive adjustments to payments made ... BMI and the Television Music License Committee reached an agreement for music license fees through...
- Research articles 1994-03-21
- GOP wants to revise license renewal.(television broadcast license-renewal)
- Congress may revamp the broad-cast license-renewal process. House and Senate Republican leaders are considering including provisions in proposed telecommunications-reform legislation that would extend TV license terms from five to at least seven year Congress may revamp the broad-cast license-renewal process. House and Senate Republican leaders...
- Research articles 1995-03-13
- License renewals put Huntington afoul of Visa rules. (surchage on license plate renewals by credit cards)(Huntington National Bank; Visa USA)
- License renewals put Huntington afoul of Visa rules A state law allowing credit-card renewal of license plates has placed in jeopardy Huntington National Bank's relationship with Visa USA. Visa USA said it has notified Huntington that the bank's License renewals put...
- Research articles 1991-03-04
- Swedish 3G license holder takes on second license.(Global Wireless)
- Swedish company Svenska UMTS-nat AB, jointly owned by TeliaSonera and Tele2, has agreed to purchase the fourth third-generation license in Sweden from Orange Sverige. Svenska already owns a UMTS license in Sweden, and TeliaSonera and Tele2 said the Swedish company Svenska UMTS-nat AB, jointly...
- Research articles 2004-01-05
- CD Radio Completes License Payment
- WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 7, 1997--The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday that it is ready to grant a satellite radio broadcast license to CD Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: CDRD). In announcing that it is prepared to grant the license, the FCC directed that the balance of payment due for the...
- Research articles 1997-10-07
- Want to eliminate Psystar? License Mac OS X
- License if you want to kill Psystar(Credit: Psystar)Psystar, the homegrown computer vendor selling its brand of Open Computers with Mac OS X installed, is back in the news this week, thanks to another court filing claiming that it can do whatever it wants, courtesy of the first-sale doctrine.Psystar contends that...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Report: overhaul compulsory license. (US Copyright Office's compulsory licensing for cable operators)
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Copyright Office urged Congress to consider overhauling cable's compulsory license, warning it at the same time not to enact retransmission consent, which it said is incompatible with the license. WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Copyright Office urged Congress to...
- Research articles 1992-03-16
- TW challenges BT over MCI. (Time Warner; British Telecommunications bid for direct broadcast satellite license of MCI Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
- Time Warner is challenging British Telecommunications' bid to buy MCI's DBS license. The company has asked the FCC to block the DBS license transfer until it has investigated whether the United Kingdom and Australia are open to U.S. satellite servi Time Warner is challenging...
- Research articles 1997-02-03
- FCC awards license to LMDS pioneer. (CellularVision USA gets local multipoint distribution service for the New York metropolitan area)
- Cellular Vision USA achieved a long-sought goal last week with Federal Communications Commission issuance of a unique LMDS license covering the New York metropolitan region at no cost to the company. The license, applying to a population base of 8 Cellular Vision USA...
- Research articles 1997-09-29
- Napster needs its blanket.(copyright license is next plea)(Brief Article)
- Asks Congress for compulsory license to cover copyrighted songs Beleaguered Internet music-service Napster has officially asked Congress to grant it a blanket copyright license to offer music to consumers by paying one fee into a pool. That wa Asks...
- Research articles 2001-04-09
- Reversal of fortune. (Eye).(Reading Broadcasting to keep WTVE license)(Brief Article)
- Reading Broadcasting Last week persuaded the FCC to reverse an agency judge's decision to strip the company of its License for WTVETV Reading, Pa. The seven-year dispute is the last outstanding license renewal pending under an old FCC policy that Reading Broadcasting Last week...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
- Wi-LAN Announces License Agreement.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 28, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Wi-LAN Inc (TSX:WIN), a leader in technology licensing, today announced that it has signed another License Agreement under its Early License Program. OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 28, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Wi-LAN Inc (TSX:WIN), a...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- CHINA UNICOM WINS CDMA OPERATION LICENSE IN MACAO
- AsiaInfo Services 03-16-2005 China Unicom Wins CDMA Operation License in Macao MACAO, Mar 16, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China Unicom, the second largest mobile phone operator in the country, has won a CDMA operation license through bidding AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2005-03-16
- CITIBANK WINS LICENSE FOR FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES BUSINESS
- AsiaInfo Services 06-25-2004 Citibank Wins License for Financial Derivatives Business BEIJING, Jun 25, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- On June 23, Citibank China announced that it has got the license for its financial derivatives business from Ch AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2004-06-25
