license

P181
predicate

Indicates that one entity has granted another entity formal permission or authorization to use, perform, or exploit something under specified terms.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
license canonical 4,168
licenseType 197
licenses 108

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: license
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has granted another entity formal permission or authorization to use, perform, or exploit something under specified terms.

Sample triples (4,674)

Subject Object
MIT OpenCourseWare Creative Commons license ⓘ
MIT OpenCourseWare Creative Commons BY-NC-SA via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
OpenCourseWare movement Creative Commons Attribution via predicate surface "typicalLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
OpenCourseWare movement Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial via predicate surface "typicalLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Enquire (software) proprietary ⓘ
Creative Commons copyleft-compatible licenses via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Creative Commons non-copyleft licenses via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Open Educational Resources Creative Commons Attribution via predicate surface "commonlyUsesLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Open Educational Resources Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike via predicate surface "commonlyUsesLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Open Educational Resources Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial via predicate surface "commonlyUsesLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Open Educational Resources Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike via predicate surface "commonlyUsesLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Open Educational Resources Creative Commons Zero via predicate surface "commonlyUsesLicense" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
W3C Recommendation W3C Document License ⓘ
Scratch
linked to: Scratch programming language
GPL-compatible open source components and proprietary web services mix ⓘ
SnagFilms licensed films via predicate surface "contentLicensingModel" ⓘ
SnagFilms curated catalog via predicate surface "contentLicensingModel" ⓘ
Android Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
Android GPLv2 (Linux kernel) ⓘ
linked to: GNU General Public License
Google Chrome proprietary software license ⓘ
Gmail proprietary ⓘ
Wear OS proprietary software ⓘ
Python Python Software Foundation License ⓘ
Tableau proprietary software license ⓘ
Unicode freely available standard ⓘ
JavaScript various open standards via ECMA ⓘ
WebRTC various open-source licenses for reference implementations ⓘ
Biology Letters Creative Commons licenses (for open access articles) via predicate surface "licenseOption" ⓘ
linked to: Creative Commons license
Open Biology
linked to: Journal Open Biology
open licence via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
IANA time zone database public domain ⓘ
Royal Society Open Science Creative Commons license via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Visual Studio proprietary ⓘ
Microsoft Teams
linked to: Teams
proprietary software ⓘ
Internet Explorer proprietary ⓘ
.NET Framework proprietary ⓘ
C#
linked to: C# programming language
various, depending on implementation (e.g., MIT for Roslyn) ⓘ
TypeScript
linked to: TypeScript programming language
Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
Google Workspace proprietary software ⓘ
Lotus Notes proprietary software license ⓘ
Microsoft Excel
linked to: Excel
proprietary ⓘ
Linux GNU General Public License version 2 ⓘ
linked to: GNU General Public License
Windows proprietary software ⓘ
Classic Mac OS proprietary ⓘ
Turbo Pascal proprietary software license ⓘ
Sugar GNU General Public License ⓘ
Sugar GPLv2 or later ⓘ
Fedora Linux various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
ChromeOS proprietary components with open-source components ⓘ
Makey Makey extension free to use with Scratch via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Microsoft MakeCode proprietary ⓘ
MIT App Inventor open source ⓘ