Debian Constitution
E192868
The Debian Constitution is the formal document that defines the organizational structure, decision-making processes, and powers of the various bodies within the Debian Project.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Debian Constitution canonical | 18 |
| Debian Project governance | 1 |
| Debian governance | 1 |
| General Resolution of Debian Developers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717602 — 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: Debian Constitution Context triple: [Debian, governedBy, Debian Constitution]
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A.
Debian
Debian is a widely used, community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, extensive package repository, and role as the basis for many other operating systems such as Ubuntu.
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B.
The GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto is Richard Stallman’s foundational essay outlining the philosophy, goals, and rationale for the free software movement and the GNU Project.
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C.
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
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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.
Trisquel
Trisquel is a fully free, community-driven GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation for its commitment to software freedom.
- 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: Debian Constitution Target entity description: The Debian Constitution is the formal document that defines the organizational structure, decision-making processes, and powers of the various bodies within the Debian Project.
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A.
Debian
Debian is a widely used, community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, extensive package repository, and role as the basis for many other operating systems such as Ubuntu.
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B.
The GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto is Richard Stallman’s foundational essay outlining the philosophy, goals, and rationale for the free software movement and the GNU Project.
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C.
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
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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.
Trisquel
Trisquel is a fully free, community-driven GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation for its commitment to software freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Debian Project document
ⓘ
governing document ⓘ project constitution ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Debian Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
|
| defines |
decision-making processes of the Debian Project
ⓘ
organizational structure of the Debian Project ⓘ powers of the Debian Project bodies ⓘ |
| definesTerm |
Delegate
ⓘ
Developer ⓘ General Resolution ⓘ Project Leader ⓘ Quorum ⓘ Supermajority ⓘ Technical Committee ⓘ |
| establishes |
General Resolution mechanism
ⓘ
quorum requirements for votes ⓘ rules for Project Leader elections ⓘ rules for Technical Committee decisions ⓘ supermajority requirements for certain decisions ⓘ voting procedures for Debian Developers ⓘ |
| governsBody |
Debian Developers
ⓘ
Debian Project Leader ⓘ Debian Project Secretary ⓘ Debian Technical Committee ⓘ Delegates of the Debian Project Leader ⓘ General Resolution process ⓘ |
| includesSectionOn |
Amendment of the Constitution
ⓘ
Delegation and delegation limits ⓘ General Resolutions and voting ⓘ Project Leader election process ⓘ Project membership and developers ⓘ Technical Committee powers and procedures ⓘ |
| isAvailableAt | https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution ⓘ |
| isPublishedBy |
Debian Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | internal governance document of the Debian Project ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | to define how the Debian Project is organized and governed ⓘ |
| regulates |
amendment of the Constitution itself
ⓘ
delegation of powers by the Project Leader ⓘ handling of conflicts within the project ⓘ project-wide decisions ⓘ resolution of technical disputes ⓘ |
| scope | internal organization and decision-making of Debian ⓘ |
| specifiesRoleOf |
Debian Developers
ⓘ
Debian Project Leader ⓘ Debian Project Secretary ⓘ Debian Technical Committee ⓘ Delegates ⓘ |
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: Debian Constitution Description of subject: The Debian Constitution is the formal document that defines the organizational structure, decision-making processes, and powers of the various bodies within the Debian Project.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Technical Committee
subject linked to:
Technical Committee
linked to: Debian Constitution
subject linked to:
General Resolution
subject linked to:
General Resolution
subject linked to:
General Resolution
subject linked to:
General Resolution
linked to: Debian Constitution
subject linked to:
General Resolution
linked to: Debian Constitution