Permission vs. License
Permissionnoun
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Permissionnoun
The act of permitting.
Permissionnoun
(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
Permissionverb
(transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.
Permissionnoun
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
Permissionnoun
approval to do something;
Permissionnoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Permissionnoun
the action of officially allowing someone to do a particular thing; consent or authorization
Permissionnoun
an official document giving authorization
Licensenoun
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
Licensenoun
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
Licensenoun
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
Licensenoun
Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
Licenseverb
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
Licenseverb
Authorize officially.
Licensenoun
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.
Licensenoun
The document granting such permission.
Licensenoun
Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
Licensenoun
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.
Licenseverb
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
Licensenoun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Licensenoun
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Licensenoun
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint;
Licensenoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Licenseverb
authorize officially;
License
A license (American English) or licence (British English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).A license is granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement between those parties. In the case of a license issued by a government, the license is obtained by applying for it.
