Well, it depends on which side of the pond you're on.
If you're American, license is both a noun and a verb, and licence is not used at all.
If you're anywhere else speaking English, licence is the noun meaning a permit from an authority figure to do something particular, like driving, and license is the verb form.
The definitive authority, The Oxford Dictionary, states:
"Usage—Note that in British English licence is the correct spelling for the noun and is also an acceptable variant spelling of the verb. In US English, both noun and verb are spelled license."
Confusion sets in
British English can use both licence and license in the same sentence.
Businesses selling alcohol must have an alcohol licence from their local licensing authority.
How we handle license vs. licence at ProWritingAid
We follow the Oxford Dictionary, but based on who is writing our posts that day, they are sometimes in American English and other times in British English.
We have a staff from around the world who contribute to our content, so you could get licence in one article and license in another, both nouns, both used correctly to mean a permit issued by an authority figure.
To determine which side of the pond your ProWritingAid article originated, look for different spelling of other words, like analyse (British) or analyze (American), neighbourhood (British) or neighborhood (American), or centre (British) or center (American).
Tricky thing, the English language.
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