# license (legal)

a right by law

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: legal  ·  Arena: license

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [law](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-law.rule), [rights](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rights.moral)

**Through:** the law enables the right and together they create a document

**Novel properties:**
- authorized permission
- official document

## Examples
- The FDA granted Moderna an emergency use authorization to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. *(institutions)*
- In 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion, taking license to its open-source hosting platform and user agreements. *(computing)*
- California requires drivers to pass a vision test and pay $38 for a renewed operator license every eight years. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-license.legal*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-license.legal.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*