Artistic License 2.0
E131765
Artistic License 2.0 is a permissive, copyleft-influenced open-source software license originally used by Perl and other projects, allowing modification and redistribution under certain conditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artistic License 2.0 canonical | 5 |
| Artistic License | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1160437 — 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: Artistic License 2.0 Context triple: [npm, license, Artistic License 2.0]
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A.
Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
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B.
Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
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C.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
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D.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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E.
GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License is a free software license that allows developers to use and integrate covered software libraries into their own programs, including proprietary ones, under certain copyleft conditions.
- 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: Artistic License 2.0 Target entity description: Artistic License 2.0 is a permissive, copyleft-influenced open-source software license originally used by Perl and other projects, allowing modification and redistribution under certain conditions.
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A.
Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
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B.
Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
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C.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
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D.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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E.
MPL 2.0
MPL 2.0 is a modern, file-level copyleft open-source software license created by Mozilla that balances protection of contributions with compatibility and flexibility for commercial use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software license
ⓘ
permissive license ⓘ software license ⓘ |
| allows |
commercial use
ⓘ
modification ⓘ redistribution ⓘ sublicensing under certain conditions ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| category | file-level license ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
GNU General Public License version 2
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License version 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| contains |
disclaimer of warranty
ⓘ
limitation of liability ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Perl 5
ⓘ
linked to:
Perl
|
| field | software licensing ⓘ |
| follows | open source definition ⓘ |
| governs |
modification of covered software
ⓘ
redistribution of covered software ⓘ |
| grants |
non-exclusive license to distribute the work
ⓘ
non-exclusive license to modify the work ⓘ non-exclusive license to use the work ⓘ |
| hasClause |
conditions for distribution of modified versions
ⓘ
conditions for distribution of standard versions ⓘ definition of Modified Version ⓘ definition of Standard Version ⓘ termination on violation ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
aggregated distribution does not affect licensing of other components
ⓘ
may distribute standard versions without source if unmodified ⓘ must make source of modified versions available under certain circumstances ⓘ |
| hasVersion | 2.0 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | copyleft principles ⓘ |
| is | more clearly worded than Artistic License 1.0 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | worldwide ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| permits | distribution of modified versions under different terms if conditions are met ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Perl Foundation licensing policies ⓘ |
| replaces | Artistic License 1.0 ⓘ |
| requires |
clear documentation of changes
ⓘ
identification of modified versions ⓘ preservation of copyright notice ⓘ preservation of license text ⓘ reference to original work in modified versions ⓘ |
| shortName | Artistic-2.0 ⓘ |
| spdxIdentifier | Artistic-2.0 ⓘ |
| supersedes | Artistic License 1.0 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Parrot virtual machine
ⓘ
Perl ⓘ some CPAN modules ⓘ |
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: Artistic License 2.0 Description of subject: Artistic License 2.0 is a permissive, copyleft-influenced open-source software license originally used by Perl and other projects, allowing modification and redistribution under certain conditions.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Artistic License 2.0