Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

E721386

nonprofit organization

Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides legal and financial support to free and open-source software projects such as Debian.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Software in the Public Interest, Inc. canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8247500 — 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 in the Public Interest, Inc.
Context triple: [Debian swirl logo, copyrightHolder, Software in the Public Interest, Inc.]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. 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.
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 in the Public Interest, Inc.
Target entity description: Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides legal and financial support to free and open-source software projects such as Debian.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	SPI NERFINISHED ⓘ
beneficiary	developers of free and open-source software ⓘ users of free and open-source software ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
donationModel	accepts tax-deductible donations in the United States ⓘ
field	free software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ software freedom advocacy ⓘ
focus	infrastructure for free and open-source software projects ⓘ
foundedFor	supporting free and open-source software projects ⓘ
governanceModel	community-elected board ⓘ
hasBoard	board of directors ⓘ
hasMember	associated projects ⓘ contributing members ⓘ non-contributing members ⓘ
hasPolicy	by-laws governing member projects and board ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	non-stock corporation ⓘ
nonProfitStatus	public charity ⓘ
operatesOn	donations and sponsorships ⓘ
purpose	provide financial support to free and open-source software projects ⓘ provide legal support to free and open-source software projects ⓘ
sector	nonprofit sector ⓘ
service	accepting donations on behalf of projects ⓘ fiscal sponsorship ⓘ holding assets and trademarks for member projects ⓘ managing funds for projects ⓘ providing legal umbrella for projects ⓘ
supportsCommunity	free software community ⓘ open-source software community ⓘ
supportsProject	Debian NERFINISHED ⓘ Debian Project NERFINISHED ⓘ GNOME (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ LibreOffice NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenVAS NERFINISHED ⓘ PostgreSQL NERFINISHED ⓘ systemd NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxStatusJurisdiction	Internal Revenue Code of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfSupport	administrative support for projects ⓘ asset management for projects ⓘ contract and agreement handling for projects ⓘ
website	https://www.spi-inc.org/ ⓘ

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Debian swirl logo → copyrightHolder → Software in the Public Interest, Inc. ⓘ

Debian swirl logo → trademarkHolder → Software in the Public Interest, Inc. ⓘ

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