Software Freedom Conservancy
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Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that supports and defends free and open source software projects, including through legal enforcement of copyleft licenses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Software Freedom Conservancy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10826744 — 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: Software Freedom Conservancy Context triple: [gpl-violations.org project, relatedTo, Software Freedom Conservancy]
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A.
Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center is a legal services organization that provides pro bono representation and advocacy to protect and advance free and open-source software.
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B.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
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C.
Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
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D.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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E.
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
- 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: Software Freedom Conservancy Target entity description: Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that supports and defends free and open source software projects, including through legal enforcement of copyleft licenses.
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A.
Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center is a legal services organization that provides pro bono representation and advocacy to protect and advance free and open-source software.
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B.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
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C.
Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
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D.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
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E.
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes and defends free and open source software, digital rights, and user freedoms across Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open source software advocacy organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| activity |
community advocacy for software freedom
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compliance work for the GNU General Public License ⓘ education about software licensing ⓘ fiscal sponsorship of free and open source software projects ⓘ legal representation in copyleft compliance cases ⓘ public interest litigation related to free software ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
software users' freedoms
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strong copyleft licensing ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus |
copyleft license enforcement
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free software ⓘ open source software ⓘ software freedom ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure compliance with copyleft license obligations
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protect the rights of free software users and developers ⓘ provide long-term, sustainable home for FOSS projects ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
copyleft compliance program
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fiscal sponsorship program ⓘ outreach and education program ⓘ |
| hasTaxStatus | tax-exempt organization in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit corporation ⓘ |
| legalStrategy |
enforcement of copyleft licenses
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negotiated compliance with GPL obligations ⓘ |
| licenseDomain |
GNU General Public License
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GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ other copyleft licenses ⓘ |
| mission |
provide infrastructure and legal support for FOSS projects
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support and defend free and open source software projects ⓘ |
| movement |
free software movement
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open source movement ⓘ |
| nonprofitType | public charity ⓘ |
| sector |
digital rights sector
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technology nonprofit sector ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
coverage in free software community media
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discussions about GPL enforcement ⓘ |
| supports |
free and open source software projects
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member projects ⓘ |
| website | https://sfconservancy.org/ ⓘ |
| worksOn | policy issues affecting free and open source software ⓘ |
| worksWith |
FOSS communities
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companies using free and open source software ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Software Freedom Conservancy Description of subject: Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that supports and defends free and open source software projects, including through legal enforcement of copyleft licenses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.