GNU licenses
E308568
GNU licenses are a family of free software licenses created by the Free Software Foundation to guarantee users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU licenses canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2889343 — 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: GNU licenses Context triple: [GNU Affero General Public License, partOf, GNU licenses]
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A.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
BSD license
The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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E.
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.
- 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: GNU licenses Target entity description: GNU licenses are a family of free software licenses created by the Free Software Foundation to guarantee users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software.
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A.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
BSD license
The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | family of free software licenses ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
free software
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
GNU Project
ⓘ
Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| category |
free-content license
ⓘ
software license ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | some other free and open-source licenses ⓘ |
| creator | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| documentationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| emphasizes | user rights over software ⓘ |
| governs |
copying of software
ⓘ
distribution of software ⓘ modification of software ⓘ |
| guaranteesFreedomTo |
modify software
ⓘ
run software ⓘ share software ⓘ study software ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
copyleft reciprocity
ⓘ
four essential software freedoms ⓘ |
| hasMember |
GNU AGPL version 3
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Affero General Public License
GNU Affero General Public License ⓘ GNU All-permissive License ⓘ GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ GNU GPL version 1 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
GNU GPL version 2 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
GNU GPL version 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License ⓘ GNU LGPL version 2.1 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Lesser General Public License
GNU LGPL version 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Lesser General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | guarantee software freedom ⓘ |
| influenced | open-source licensing practices ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| licenseModel | copyleft ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| opposes | proprietary software restrictions ⓘ |
| promotes |
collaborative development
ⓘ
software sharing ⓘ user freedom ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| regulates |
creation of derivative works
ⓘ
redistribution of software ⓘ |
| requires |
availability of source code under certain conditions
ⓘ
preservation of license terms in derivative works ⓘ |
| supports | free software movement ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GNU operating system components
ⓘ
many free software projects ⓘ |
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: GNU licenses Description of subject: GNU licenses are a family of free software licenses created by the Free Software Foundation to guarantee users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.