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to relicense

to relicense

1 5.3
To give a new official permission for something when the old one ends
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈlaɪsəns/
  • Formal
translation icon : renovar la licencia
  • In the meantime, as a nation, we will have to make choices about whether to shutter old plants—which by no means eliminates the radioactive hazards they present—relicense them for continued use, or phase in safer nuclear technologies.

Examples

  • The city decided to relicense the old theater after it made significant renovations to comply with safety standards.

  • After the initial permit expired, the company applied to relicense the software for further development.

  • Ownership of the code allowed Sun to relicense and add patent indemnification to the software.

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  • 1) Crown Copyright (which covers the majority of UK government documents) essentially allows redistribution of materials without the ability to relicense them.

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  • LibreOffice had offered participation to both IBM and Oracle and was willing to relicense the code under a weak copyleft license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL), to make it easier.

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  • The restaurant had to relicense its alcohol permit due to changes in ownership last year.

Synonyms

to renew
vsto relicense
175 2.8

Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends

is a specific formal act of granting a new official permit after expiry
to reauthorize
vsto relicense
  • Formal
8 5.5

To give official permission again for something like a law or program

focuses on issuing a fresh official permit after expiry or change

Antonyms

to deny
423 1.6

To refuse to let someone have something

to revoke
  • Formal
96 6.2

Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license

How Official

to authorize
489 4.4
to relicense
  • Formal
1 5.3
to license
156 3.4
to permit
531 1.5
to allow
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

relicense infinitive
relicensed past
relicensed past participle
relicensing present participle
relicenses third person singular

Morphology

relicense = license (transparent) = re + license

This is standard prefixation meaning 'license again' or 'grant a new license'.

Etymology

The word relicense breaks into the parts re- meaning 'again' and license meaning 'permission'. So, to relicense something is to give it 'permission again', for example when a permit or software right is renewed.