CDDL
E339023
CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License) is a weak copyleft, file-based open-source software license created by Sun Microsystems and approved by the Open Source Initiative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CDDL canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3244756 — 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: CDDL Context triple: [ZFS, license, CDDL]
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A.
CDD
CDD is the three-letter National Rail station code assigned to Cardenden railway station in Fife, Scotland.
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B.
CDD
CDD is a U.S. Marine Corps organization responsible for developing and integrating future warfighting capabilities, concepts, and requirements.
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C.
CCL
CCL is the abbreviated name of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, the city body responsible for identifying and protecting Chicago’s historically and architecturally significant sites.
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D.
CCDI
CCDI is the abbreviation for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Chinese Communist Party’s top internal anti-corruption and disciplinary enforcement body.
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E.
LDCL
LDCL is the stock ticker symbol under which Loudcloud, a former cloud services and web hosting company, was traded on public markets.
- 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: CDDL Target entity description: CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License) is a weak copyleft, file-based open-source software license created by Sun Microsystems and approved by the Open Source Initiative.
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A.
CDD
CDD is the three-letter National Rail station code assigned to Cardenden railway station in Fife, Scotland.
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B.
CDD
CDD is a U.S. Marine Corps organization responsible for developing and integrating future warfighting capabilities, concepts, and requirements.
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C.
CCL
CCL is the abbreviated name of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, the city body responsible for identifying and protecting Chicago’s historically and architecturally significant sites.
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D.
CCDI
CCDI is the abbreviation for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Chinese Communist Party’s top internal anti-corruption and disciplinary enforcement body.
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E.
LDCL
LDCL is the stock ticker symbol under which Loudcloud, a former cloud services and web hosting company, was traded on public markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyleft license
ⓘ
open-source license ⓘ software license ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CDDL self-link ⓘ |
| allows | combination with proprietary code in separate files ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| basedOn |
MPL 1.1
ⓘ
surface form:
Mozilla Public License 1.1
|
| compatibilityWithGPL | generally considered incompatible ⓘ |
| copyleftCondition | modifications to CDDL-licensed files must remain under CDDL ⓘ |
| copyleftScope | file-based ⓘ |
| copyleftStrength | weak copyleft ⓘ |
| createdBy | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| distributionModel | reciprocal for modifications to licensed files ⓘ |
| fullName | Common Development and Distribution License ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| grantsRight |
copy
ⓘ
distribute ⓘ modify ⓘ use ⓘ |
| hasCopyleft | true ⓘ |
| includes |
disclaimer of warranty
ⓘ
limitation of liability ⓘ patent grant ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalStatus | copyright license ⓘ |
| licenseCategory | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| licenseFamily | MPL-style licenses ⓘ |
| licenseModel | file-by-file licensing ⓘ |
| licenseType | file-level copyleft ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Oracle Corporation ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Sun Microsystems open-source licensing strategy ⓘ |
| OSIApproved | true ⓘ |
| permits |
commercial use
ⓘ
internal use without distribution obligations ⓘ patent use ⓘ |
| requires |
disclosure of source code for modified files
ⓘ
preservation of copyright notices ⓘ preservation of license text ⓘ providing source code when distributing modified CDDL files in executable form ⓘ |
| sourceCodeAvailabilityRequirement | for covered files only ⓘ |
| spdxIdentifier |
Common Development and Distribution License
ⓘ
surface form:
CDDL-1.0
Common Development and Distribution License ⓘ
surface form:
CDDL-1.1
|
| targetDomain | software ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Illumos
ⓘ
surface form:
OpenSolaris
some Sun Microsystems open-source projects ⓘ |
| versioning | has multiple versions ⓘ |
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: CDDL Description of subject: CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License) is a weak copyleft, file-based open-source software license created by Sun Microsystems and approved by the Open Source Initiative.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
ZFS