Coders’ Rights Project
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The Coders’ Rights Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation initiative that defends the legal rights and security research freedoms of programmers, hackers, and technologists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coders’ Rights Project canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coders’ Rights Project Context triple: [Electronic Frontier Foundation, notableWork, Coders’ Rights Project]
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A.
Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center is a legal services organization that provides pro bono representation and advocacy to protect and advance free and open-source software.
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B.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
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C.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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D.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
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E.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coders’ Rights Project Target entity description: The Coders’ Rights Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation initiative that defends the legal rights and security research freedoms of programmers, hackers, and technologists.
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A.
Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center is a legal services organization that provides pro bono representation and advocacy to protect and advance free and open-source software.
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B.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
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C.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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D.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
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E.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital rights project
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legal advocacy initiative ⓘ security research advocacy program ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
balanced vulnerability disclosure policies
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freedom to publish security findings ⓘ reform of overbroad computer crime laws ⓘ strong legal protections for security research ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify legal protections for coders
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oppose overbroad computer crime prosecutions ⓘ promote responsible security research ⓘ reduce legal risk for security researchers ⓘ support publication of security research ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)
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linked to:
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
DMCA anti-circumvention provisions ⓘ computer crime law ⓘ computer security research ⓘ digital civil liberties ⓘ encryption and cryptography issues ⓘ reverse engineering ⓘ vulnerability disclosure ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
defend legal rights of hackers
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defend legal rights of programmers ⓘ defend legal rights of technologists ⓘ protect security research freedoms ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWork |
legal counseling for technologists
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litigation support ⓘ policy advocacy ⓘ public education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit initiative within EFF ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| operatesInDomain |
digital rights
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information security ⓘ technology law ⓘ |
| partOf | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| provides |
amicus briefs in relevant court cases
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best practices for vulnerability disclosure ⓘ legal guides for technologists ⓘ legal support for security researchers ⓘ policy advocacy on security research issues ⓘ |
| supportsCommunity |
hackers
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programmers ⓘ security researchers ⓘ technologists ⓘ |
| website | https://www.eff.org/issues/coders ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Coders’ Rights Project Description of subject: The Coders’ Rights Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation initiative that defends the legal rights and security research freedoms of programmers, hackers, and technologists.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.