APSL
E771037
APSL is Apple’s open-source software license used for releasing certain Apple-developed code to the public.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9002802 — 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: APSL Context triple: [Apple Public Source License, shortName, APSL]
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A.
APSL
APSL is the acronym for the American Professional Soccer League, a former professional soccer league in the United States that operated primarily in the early 1990s.
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B.
AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
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C.
PSL
PSL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Physical Sciences Laboratory, a research facility focused on advancing knowledge and technology in the physical sciences.
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D.
PSL
PSL is the top professional football (soccer) league system in South Africa, organizing the country’s premier club competitions.
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E.
PSL
PSL is a centrist agrarian and Christian-democratic political party in Poland known for representing rural interests and frequently participating in coalition governments.
- 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: APSL Target entity description: APSL is Apple’s open-source software license used for releasing certain Apple-developed code to the public.
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A.
APSL
APSL is the acronym for the American Professional Soccer League, a former professional soccer league in the United States that operated primarily in the early 1990s.
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B.
AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
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C.
PSL
PSL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Physical Sciences Laboratory, a research facility focused on advancing knowledge and technology in the physical sciences.
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D.
PSL
PSL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Pakistan featuring franchise teams that compete annually.
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E.
PSL
PSL is the top professional football (soccer) league system in South Africa, organizing the country’s premier club competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software license
ⓘ
software license ⓘ software license version ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Apple Public Source License ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Apple open-source projects
ⓘ
Darwin operating system components ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Open Source Initiative
ⓘ
Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| category |
Apple software licenses
ⓘ
copyleft software licenses ⓘ open-source licenses ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| earlierVersionsStatus | incompatible with GNU GPL ⓘ |
| FSFApprovalStatus |
not a free software license
ⓘ
not a free software license ⓘ |
| fullName | Apple Public Source License ⓘ |
| governs |
distribution of Apple open-source software
ⓘ
modification of Apple open-source software ⓘ redistribution of Apple open-source software ⓘ |
| grants |
right to copy the covered software
ⓘ
right to distribute the covered software ⓘ right to modify the covered software ⓘ right to use the covered software ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
source disclosure on external deployment
ⓘ
termination on license breach ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
disclaimer of warranty
ⓘ
limitation of liability ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
APSL 1.0
ⓘ
APSL 1.1 ⓘ APSL 1.2 ⓘ
linked to:
APSL
APSL 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
APSL
|
| jurisdiction | United States law ⓘ |
| laterVersionsStatus | less restrictive than earlier versions ⓘ |
| licenseType | copyleft ⓘ |
| OSIApproved | true ⓘ |
| publisher | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| requires |
disclosure of source code for deployed modifications
ⓘ
notification of changes in modified files ⓘ preservation of copyright notices ⓘ preservation of license notices ⓘ |
| supersedes |
APSL 1.2
ⓘ
linked to:
APSL 1.0
|
| usedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| website | https://opensource.apple.com/license/apsl/ ⓘ |
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: APSL Description of subject: APSL is Apple’s open-source software license used for releasing certain Apple-developed code to the public.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL
linked to: APSL