Apple Public Source License
E215075
The Apple Public Source License is Apple Inc.'s open-source software license, used primarily for releasing components of its operating systems such as the XNU kernel.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Public Source License canonical | 4 |
| Apple Inc. software licenses | 1 |
| Apple Public Source License (for mDNSResponder) | 1 |
| Apple Public Source License version 1.x | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935013 — 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: Apple Public Source License Context triple: [XNU, license, Apple Public Source License]
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A.
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.
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B.
BSD license
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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C.
Eclipse Public License
The Eclipse Public License is a widely used open-source software license that permits use, modification, and distribution of covered software while imposing certain copyleft-style obligations on derivative works.
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D.
Open Software License 3.0
Open Software License 3.0 is a copyleft open-source software license that permits free use, modification, and distribution of software while imposing conditions to protect authors’ rights and ensure source code availability.
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E.
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.
- 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: Apple Public Source License Target entity description: The Apple Public Source License is Apple Inc.'s open-source software license, used primarily for releasing components of its operating systems such as the XNU kernel.
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A.
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.
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B.
BSD license
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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C.
Eclipse Public License
The Eclipse Public License is a widely used open-source software license that permits use, modification, and distribution of covered software while imposing certain copyleft-style obligations on derivative works.
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D.
Open Software License 3.0
Open Software License 3.0 is a copyleft open-source software license that permits free use, modification, and distribution of software while imposing conditions to protect authors’ rights and ensure source code availability.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Apple Public Source License Description of subject: The Apple Public Source License is Apple Inc.'s open-source software license, used primarily for releasing components of its operating systems such as the XNU kernel.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Public Source License (for mDNSResponder)
this entity surface form:
Apple Public Source License version 1.x
this entity surface form:
Apple Inc. software licenses
subject surface form:
Darwin (operating system)