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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def assign_license(service_instance, license_key, license_name,
                   entity_ref=None, entity_name=None,
                   license_assignment_manager=None):
    '''
    Assigns a license to an entity.

    service_instance
        The Service Instance Object from which to obrain the licenses.

    license_key
        The key of the license to add.

    license_name
        The description of the license to add.

    entity_ref
        VMware entity to assign the license to.
        If None, the entity is the vCenter itself.
        Default is None.

    entity_name
        Entity name used in logging.
        Default is None.

    license_assignment_manager
        The LicenseAssignmentManager object of the service instance.
        If not provided it will be retrieved
        Default is None.
    '''
    if not license_assignment_manager:
        license_assignment_manager = \
                get_license_assignment_manager(service_instance)
    entity_id = None

    if not entity_ref:
        # vcenter
        try:
            entity_id = service_instance.content.about.instanceUuid
        except vim.fault.NoPermission as exc:
            log.exception(exc)
            raise salt.exceptions.VMwareApiError(
                'Not enough permissions. Required privilege: '
                '{0}'.format(exc.privilegeId))
        except vim.fault.VimFault as exc:
            raise salt.exceptions.VMwareApiError(exc.msg)
        except vmodl.RuntimeFault as exc:
            raise salt.exceptions.VMwareRuntimeError(exc.msg)
        if not entity_name:
            entity_name = 'vCenter'
    else:
        # e.g. vsan cluster or host
        entity_id = entity_ref._moId

    log.trace('Assigning license to \'%s\'', entity_name)
    try:
        vmware_license = license_assignment_manager.UpdateAssignedLicense(
            entity_id,
            license_key,
            license_name)
    except vim.fault.NoPermission as exc:
        log.exception(exc)
        raise salt.exceptions.VMwareApiError(
            'Not enough permissions. Required privilege: '
            '{0}'.format(exc.privilegeId))
    except vim.fault.VimFault as exc:
        log.exception(exc)
        raise salt.exceptions.VMwareApiError(exc.msg)
    except vmodl.RuntimeFault as exc:
        log.exception(exc)
        raise salt.exceptions.VMwareRuntimeError(exc.msg)
    return vmware_license