gpl-violations.org project
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The gpl-violations.org project is an initiative dedicated to detecting, publicizing, and legally challenging violations of the GNU General Public License in order to enforce free software licensing terms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| gpl-violations.org | 3 |
| gpl-violations.org project canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313706 — 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: gpl-violations.org project Context triple: [Harald Welte, knownFor, gpl-violations.org project]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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D.
Coders’ Rights Project
The Coders’ Rights Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation initiative that defends the legal rights and security research freedoms of programmers, hackers, and technologists.
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E.
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.
- 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: gpl-violations.org project Target entity description: The gpl-violations.org project is an initiative dedicated to detecting, publicizing, and legally challenging violations of the GNU General Public License in order to enforce free software licensing terms.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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D.
Coders’ Rights Project
The Coders’ Rights Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation initiative that defends the legal rights and security research freedoms of programmers, hackers, and technologists.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free software advocacy project
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software license enforcement initiative ⓘ |
| activity |
educating companies about GPL obligations
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initiating legal actions against GPL violators ⓘ investigating GPL compliance of distributed software and devices ⓘ negotiating settlements in GPL violation cases ⓘ publishing information about GPL violations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
gpl-violations.org project
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surface form:
gpl-violations.org
|
| areaOfWork |
copyright enforcement
ⓘ
free and open source software ⓘ software licensing ⓘ |
| basedOn | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
email
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public website ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Harald Welte ⓘ |
| founder | Harald Welte ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure that distributors of GPL-licensed software comply with license terms
ⓘ
protect the rights of copyright holders of GPL-licensed software ⓘ |
| jurisdictionFocus |
European Union
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| legalBasis | copyright law ⓘ |
| licenseEnforced |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GPLv2
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GPLv3
|
| name | gpl-violations.org project self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early successful enforcement of the GNU GPL in court
ⓘ
raising awareness of GPL compliance in the embedded device industry ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | active ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
GNU General Public License enforcement
ⓘ
GPL compliance ⓘ |
| purpose |
detect violations of the GNU General Public License
ⓘ
enforce free software licensing terms ⓘ legally challenge violations of the GNU General Public License ⓘ publicize violations of the GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
Software Freedom Conservancy ⓘ Software Freedom Law Center ⓘ |
| supports | free software movement ⓘ |
| typicalTarget |
companies distributing GPL software without providing source code
ⓘ
manufacturers of embedded devices using GPL software without compliance ⓘ |
| website | http://gpl-violations.org/ ⓘ |
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: gpl-violations.org project Description of subject: The gpl-violations.org project is an initiative dedicated to detecting, publicizing, and legally challenging violations of the GNU General Public License in order to enforce free software licensing terms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
gpl-violations.org
this entity surface form:
gpl-violations.org
this entity surface form:
gpl-violations.org