ISC license
E356942
The ISC license is a permissive, simplified open-source software license functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses, allowing broad reuse with minimal restrictions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISC license canonical | 8 |
| X11 License | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3426353 — 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: ISC license Context triple: [BSD license, hasVariant, ISC license]
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A.
MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (historical)
The University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License is a permissive, non-copyleft free software license similar to the MIT or BSD licenses, historically used by projects such as LLVM.
- 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: ISC license Target entity description: The ISC license is a permissive, simplified open-source software license functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses, allowing broad reuse with minimal restrictions.
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A.
MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (historical)
The University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License is a permissive, non-copyleft free software license similar to the MIT or BSD licenses, historically used by projects such as LLVM.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open-source license
ⓘ
permissive license ⓘ software license ⓘ |
| allows |
commercial use
ⓘ
distribution ⓘ modification ⓘ private use ⓘ sublicensing ⓘ |
| copyleft | no ⓘ |
| grants |
non-exclusive rights
ⓘ
royalty-free rights ⓘ worldwide rights ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | ISC ⓘ |
| hasCategory | permissive free software license ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
preservation of copyright notice
ⓘ
preservation of permission notice ⓘ |
| hasNoRequirement |
copyleft of derivative works
ⓘ
disclosure of source code ⓘ same-license distribution ⓘ |
| imposes | minimal restrictions ⓘ |
| includes |
liability disclaimer
ⓘ
warranty disclaimer ⓘ |
| isApprovedBy |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| isCompatibleWith |
GNU GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| isListedIn |
OSI license list
ⓘ
SPDX license list ⓘ |
| isMaintainedBy | Internet Systems Consortium ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs | free software license ⓘ |
| isShorterThan |
BSD 2-Clause License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
MIT License ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo |
BSD 2-Clause License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
MIT License ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
software
ⓘ
source code ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | none (template license) ⓘ |
| licenseModel | open source ⓘ |
| licenseType | permissive ⓘ |
| patentGrant | no explicit patent grant ⓘ |
| requires |
copyright notice retention
ⓘ
permission notice retention ⓘ |
| SPDXIdentifier | ISC ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| wasCreatedBy | Internet Systems Consortium ⓘ |
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: ISC license Description of subject: The ISC license is a permissive, simplified open-source software license functionally similar to the BSD and MIT licenses, allowing broad reuse with minimal restrictions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ISC license