BSD license

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permissive free software license software license family

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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Label	Occurrences
BSD license canonical	38
BSD 3-Clause License	18
BSD licenses	14
BSD-style license	13
BSD-3-Clause License	11
BSD 2-Clause License	9
BSD License	6
2-clause BSD License	5
BSD-2-Clause License	3
BSD-3-Clause	3
New BSD License	3
BSD-3-Clause license	2
FreeBSD License	2
Revised BSD License	2
2-clause BSD license	1
3-clause BSD License	1
4-clause BSD license	1
BSD 2-clause license	1
BSD-2-Clause	1
BSD-2-Clause license	1
BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD	1
BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD	1
BSD-3-Clause-Attribution	1
BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License	1
BSD-4-Clause	1
BSD-4-Clause-UC	1
BSD-like license	1
BSD-style license (as part of BSD Unix)	1
BSD-style license (via NetBSD kernel licensing)	1
BSD-style licenses	1
FreeBSD license	1
Modified BSD license	1
NetBSD license	1
New BSD license	1
PostgreSQL License	1
Simplified BSD license	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575851 — 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: BSD license
Context triple: [Chromium, license, BSD license]

A. MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: BSD license
Target entity description: The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.

A. MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	permissive free software license ⓘ software license family ⓘ
allows	commercial use ⓘ modification ⓘ redistribution ⓘ sublicensing ⓘ use in proprietary software ⓘ
category	free and open-source software license ⓘ
contains	limitation of liability clause ⓘ warranty disclaimer ⓘ
contrastWith	copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL ⓘ
developedFor	Berkeley Software Distribution ⓘ linked to: BSD
doesNotRequire	copyleft ⓘ disclosure of source code when distributing binaries ⓘ
hasVariant	2-clause BSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license 3-clause BSD license ⓘ 4-clause BSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-2-Clause ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-3-Clause ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-3-Clause-Attribution ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-3-Clause-Clear ⓘ BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty ⓘ BSD-4-Clause ⓘ linked to: BSD license BSD-4-Clause-UC ⓘ linked to: BSD license FreeBSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license ISC license ⓘ Modified BSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license NetBSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license New BSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license Original BSD license ⓘ Simplified BSD license ⓘ linked to: BSD license
imposes	minimal restrictions ⓘ
isApprovedBy	Free Software Foundation ⓘ Open Source Initiative ⓘ
isCompatibleWith	GNU General Public License version 3 ⓘ linked to: GNU General Public License
isGenerallyCompatibleWith	many open source licenses ⓘ
isUsedBy	FreeBSD operating system ⓘ linked to: FreeBSD NetBSD operating system ⓘ linked to: NetBSD OpenBSD operating system ⓘ linked to: OpenBSD many open source projects ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
licenseModel	permissive ⓘ
mayIncludeClause	advertising clause ⓘ non-endorsement clause ⓘ
originatedAt	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
requires	attribution of original authors ⓘ preservation of copyright notice ⓘ preservation of license text ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chromium → license → BSD license ⓘ

NumPy → license → BSD license ⓘ

pandas → license → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

scikit-learn → license → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

PostgreSQL → license → PostgreSQL License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Flask → license → BSD-3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

SciPy → license → BSD license ⓘ

PyTorch → license → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Seaborn → license → BSD license ⓘ

Elm → license → BSD-3-Clause ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Yarn → license → BSD-2-Clause License ⓘ

subject linked to: yarn

linked to: BSD license

NetBSD/mac68k → license → BSD license ⓘ

crosvm → license → BSD-style license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

LXQt → license → BSD license ⓘ

subject linked to: LXQt desktop environment

open-source movement → supportsLicense → BSD licenses ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Homebrew → license → BSD 2-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

MacPorts → license → BSD license ⓘ

BSD license → hasVariant → 2-clause BSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → 4-clause BSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-2-Clause ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-3-Clause ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-4-Clause ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → Modified BSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → New BSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → Simplified BSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → FreeBSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → NetBSD license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-3-Clause-Attribution ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

BSD license → hasVariant → BSD-4-Clause-UC ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Django Software Foundation → licenseOfCoreProject → BSD license ⓘ

Starlette → license → BSD-3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Uvicorn → license → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Jupyter Notebook → license → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

FreeBSD → license → FreeBSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

FreeBSD → license → BSD 2-clause license ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Open Source Initiative → licenseListIncludes → BSD licenses ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Jinja2 → license → BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Flask-SQLAlchemy → license → BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Flask-WTF → license → BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Flask-RESTful → license → BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Flask-Admin → license → BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

SciPy Developers → licenseOfMainProject → BSD 3-Clause License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Theano → license → BSD license ⓘ

MRI → license → 2-clause BSD License ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

Ruby License → similarTo → BSD licenses ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

PHP License → isSimilarTo → BSD licenses ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

OpenBSD → license → BSD licenses ⓘ

linked to: BSD license

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