Licensing

alt=A 2010 sample of a California driver's license, showing a fictitious young man named "Ricardo A. Sample"|thumb|Governments issue driver's licenses to people who are allowed to drive [[motor vehicles on public roads.]] A license (American English) or licence (Commonwealth English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).

free and copyleft license meant for data; it is incompatible with the GNU GPL

creation of many new software licenses

stages of research and development, ascent, maturity, and decline of new technological innovations

CC BY compatible license used by the French Government for Open Data

production under license of technology developed elsewhere

Licensing to receive television broadcasts in the UK