EPL
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EPL is a widely used open-source software license created by the Eclipse Foundation that governs the use, modification, and distribution of Eclipse-related and other compatible software.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EPL canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7937062 — 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: EPL Context triple: [Eclipse Public License, abbreviation, EPL]
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A.
Premier League
The Premier League is the top tier of English professional football, featuring elite clubs competing in one of the most popular and commercially successful sports leagues in the world.
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B.
Premier League and EFL Championship
The Premier League and EFL Championship are the top two tiers of professional football in England, with clubs moving between them based on seasonal performance.
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C.
European Top Five Leagues
The European Top Five Leagues refers collectively to the most prestigious and competitive national football leagues in Europe, commonly including the top divisions in England, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France.
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D.
IFA Premiership
The IFA Premiership was the top tier of professional football in Northern Ireland, organized under the Irish Football Association before being rebranded as the NIFL Premiership.
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E.
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão was the original top-tier Portuguese football league competition that later evolved into what is now known as the Primeira Liga.
- 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: EPL Target entity description: EPL is a widely used open-source software license created by the Eclipse Foundation that governs the use, modification, and distribution of Eclipse-related and other compatible software.
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A.
Premier League
The Premier League is the top tier of English professional football, featuring elite clubs competing in one of the most popular and commercially successful sports leagues in the world.
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B.
Premier League and EFL Championship
The Premier League and EFL Championship are the top two tiers of professional football in England, with clubs moving between them based on seasonal performance.
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C.
European Top Five Leagues
The European Top Five Leagues refers collectively to the most prestigious and competitive national football leagues in Europe, commonly including the top divisions in England, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France.
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D.
IFA Premiership
The IFA Premiership was the top tier of professional football in Northern Ireland, organized under the Irish Football Association before being rebranded as the NIFL Premiership.
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E.
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão was the original top-tier Portuguese football league competition that later evolved into what is now known as the Primeira Liga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyleft license
ⓘ
open-source license ⓘ software license ⓘ version of Eclipse Public License ⓘ |
| allows |
commercial use
ⓘ
modification ⓘ redistribution ⓘ sublicensing under certain conditions ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Eclipse-related software
ⓘ
compatible open-source software ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Free Software Foundation (with conditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Free Software Foundation
Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| category | permissive-copyleft hybrid ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
GNU GPL (for EPL 2.0 secondary license option)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| contains |
patent grant
ⓘ
patent retaliation clause ⓘ |
| createdBy | Eclipse Foundation ⓘ |
| distributionModel | file-level copyleft ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | copyleft on entire combined work ⓘ |
| fullName | Eclipse Public License ⓘ |
| governs |
contributions to EPL-licensed projects
ⓘ
distribution of software ⓘ modification of software ⓘ use of software ⓘ |
| hasObligation | provide source or written offer for EPL-covered files when distributing in object code form ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
EPL 1.0
ⓘ
EPL 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Eclipse Public License
|
| improves | compatibility with GPL ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licenseType | weak copyleft ⓘ |
| notCompatibleWith |
GNU GPL (for EPL 1.0 by default)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| permits | combining EPL code with code under other licenses in larger works ⓘ |
| replaces | EPL 1.0 ⓘ |
| requires |
contributor license grant
ⓘ
disclosure of source code for EPL-licensed components ⓘ disclosure of source for modified EPL-covered files when distributed ⓘ inclusion of license text in distributions ⓘ preservation of copyright notices ⓘ |
| scope | software and associated documentation ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Eclipse Foundation members ⓘ |
| textURL |
https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
ⓘ
https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Eclipse IDE
ⓘ
Eclipse Modeling Framework ⓘ many Eclipse Foundation projects ⓘ |
| website | https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ ⓘ |
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: EPL Description of subject: EPL is a widely used open-source software license created by the Eclipse Foundation that governs the use, modification, and distribution of Eclipse-related and other compatible software.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.