diff --git a/src/test/test_term_info_parity.py b/src/test/test_term_info_parity.py
index fca8135..fe56c83 100644
--- a/src/test/test_term_info_parity.py
+++ b/src/test/test_term_info_parity.py
@@ -151,6 +151,35 @@ def test_license_term_info_does_not_5xx(self):
                         "License term_info failed validity check")
         self.assertIn("License", result.get("SuperTypes", []))
 
+    # --- Gap E: a term's own licence (`license`) must reach Licenses{} -----
+    # DataSet term info returns has_license on the term itself as `license`
+    # (QueryLibrary.dataset_term_info), not as `dataset_license`. The
+    # serialiser only read `dataset_license`, so every dataset page rendered
+    # without a License row even though the edge was in the KB.
+    def test_dataset_own_license_reaches_licenses(self):
+        ti = self._parse("Cachero2010")
+        licenses = ti.get("Licenses", {})
+        self.assertTrue(licenses, "DataSet own licence dropped from Licenses{}")
+        lic = licenses[0]
+        self.assertTrue(lic.get("short_form", "").startswith("VFBlicense"),
+                        f"unexpected licence short_form: {lic.get('short_form')}")
+        self.assertTrue(lic.get("label"), "licence label missing")
+        self.assertTrue(lic.get("iri"), "licence iri missing")
+
+    def test_dataset_own_license_has_no_self_source(self):
+        # The dataset is its own source, so leave source empty rather than
+        # rendering a Source row that links back to the same page.
+        lic = self._parse("Cachero2010").get("Licenses", {})[0]
+        self.assertEqual("", lic.get("source", ""))
+        self.assertEqual("", lic.get("source_iri", ""))
+
+    def test_dataset_license_still_attributes_source_on_images(self):
+        # The dataset_license path is unchanged: an image/template still gets
+        # its licence via the dataset it came from, with that dataset as source.
+        licenses = self._parse("VFB_00101567").get("Licenses", {})
+        self.assertTrue(licenses, "template lost its inherited licence")
+        self.assertTrue(licenses[0].get("source"), "inherited licence lost its source")
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/src/vfbquery/vfb_queries.py b/src/vfbquery/vfb_queries.py
index 9b7a166..db00572 100644
--- a/src/vfbquery/vfb_queries.py
+++ b/src/vfbquery/vfb_queries.py
@@ -963,9 +963,34 @@ def term_info_parse_object(results, short_form):
                 record['icon'] = dataset_license.license.icon
                 record['source_iri'] = dataset_license.dataset.core.iri
                 record['source'] = dataset_license.dataset.core.label
-                licenses[idx] = record 
+                licenses[idx] = record
             termInfo["Licenses"] = licenses
-              
+        elif vfbTerm.license and len(vfbTerm.license) > 0:
+            # Terms that carry a licence directly rather than inheriting one
+            # from the dataset they came from. DataSet term info (see
+            # QueryLibrary.dataset_term_info) returns has_license on the term
+            # itself as `license`, with no `dataset_license`, so without this
+            # branch every dataset page loses its License row.
+            # Mirrors the fallback in term_info_queries.VFBTerm.get_license()
+            # and the legacy Java serialiser (VFBProcessTermInfoJson.getLicense).
+            # Deliberately elif, not a merge: the query library populates one or
+            # the other per term type, and if a term ever carried both, the
+            # inherited dataset licence wins -- same precedence as get_license().
+            licenses = {}
+            for idx, lcns in enumerate(vfbTerm.license):
+                record = {}
+                record['iri'] = lcns.core.iri
+                record['short_form'] = lcns.core.short_form
+                record['label'] = lcns.core.label
+                record['icon'] = lcns.icon
+                # No source dataset to attribute: the term is its own source,
+                # and an empty source keeps the panel from rendering a Source
+                # row that links back to the page you are already on.
+                record['source_iri'] = ''
+                record['source'] = ''
+                licenses[idx] = record
+            termInfo["Licenses"] = licenses
+
         if vfbTerm.template_channel and vfbTerm.template_channel.channel.short_form:
             termInfo["IsTemplate"] = True
             images = {}