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The verb license or grant license means to give permission. The noun license (American English) or licence (British,〔See, for instance, the British Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= National Archives (UK) )〕 Indian,〔See, for instance, the Indian Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Government of India, National Portal )〕 Canadian,〔See, for instance, the Canadian Government's webpage(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Service Canada, Government of Canada )〕 Australian,〔See, for instance, the Australian Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Australian Government )〕 New Zealand,〔See, for instance, the New Zealand Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= NZ Transport Agency, New Zealand Government )〕 Irish,〔See, for instance, the Irish Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】Private Security Authority, Irish Government ">title=FAQs )〕 or South African English〔See, for instance, the South African Government's webpage (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= South African government )〕) refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission. A 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 "an authorization (by the licensor) to use the licensed material (by the licensee)." In particular, a license may be issued by authorities, to allow an activity that would otherwise be forbidden. It may require paying a fee and/or proving a capability. The requirement may also serve to keep the authorities informed on a type of activity, and to give them the opportunity to set conditions and limitations. A licensor may grant a license under intellectual property laws to authorize a use (such as copying software or using a (patented) invention) to a licensee, sparing the licensee from a claim of infringement brought by the licensor.〔Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis, by Richard Raysman, Edward A. Pisacreta and Kenneth A. Adler. Law Journal Press, 1999-2008. ISBN 978-1-58852-086-9〕 A license under intellectual property commonly has several components beyond the grant itself, including a term, territory, renewal provisions, and 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. It also preserves enforceability by ensuring that no license extends beyond the term of the agreement. Territory: a license may stipulate what territory the rights pertain to. For example, a license with a territory limited to "North America" (Mexico/United States/Canada) would not permit a licensee any protection from actions for use in Japan. A shorthand definition of license is "a promise by the licensor not to sue the licensee." That means without a license any use or exploitation of intellectual property by a third party would amount to copying or infringement. Such copying would be improper and could, by using the legal system, be stopped if the intellectual property owner wanted to do so.〔Licensing Intellectual Property: Law & Management, by Raman Mittal. Satyam Law International, New Delhi, India, 2011. ISBN 978-81-902883-4-7.〕 Intellectual property licensing plays a major role in business, academia and broadcasting. Business practices such as franchising, technology transfer, publication and character merchandising entirely depend on the licensing of intellectual property. Land licensing (proprietary licensing) and IP licensing form sub-branches of law born out of the interplay of general laws of contract and specific principles and statutory laws relating to these respective assets. == Mass licensing of software == (詳細はquestioned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「License」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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