BSD license
E72237
The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
All labels observed (32)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575851 — 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: BSD license Context triple: [Chromium, license, BSD license]
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A.
MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
- 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: BSD license Target entity description: 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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A.
MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
permissive free software license
ⓘ
software license family ⓘ |
| allows |
commercial use
ⓘ
modification ⓘ redistribution ⓘ sublicensing ⓘ use in proprietary software ⓘ |
| category | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| contains |
limitation of liability clause
ⓘ
warranty disclaimer ⓘ |
| contrastWith | copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL ⓘ |
| developedFor |
BSD
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkeley Software Distribution
|
| doesNotRequire |
copyleft
ⓘ
disclosure of source code when distributing binaries ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
BSD license
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
2-clause BSD license
3-clause BSD license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
4-clause BSD license
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-2-Clause
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-3-Clause
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-3-Clause-Attribution
BSD-3-Clause-Clear ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License
BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-4-Clause
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BSD-4-Clause-UC
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FreeBSD license
ISC license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Modified BSD license
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NetBSD license
BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New BSD license
Original BSD license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simplified BSD license
|
| imposes | minimal restrictions ⓘ |
| isApprovedBy |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
Open Source Initiative ⓘ |
| isCompatibleWith |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 3
|
| isGenerallyCompatibleWith | many open source licenses ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
surface form:
FreeBSD operating system
NetBSD ⓘ
surface form:
NetBSD operating system
OpenBSD ⓘ
surface form:
OpenBSD operating system
many open source projects ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| licenseModel | permissive ⓘ |
| mayIncludeClause |
advertising clause
ⓘ
non-endorsement clause ⓘ |
| originatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| requires |
attribution of original authors
ⓘ
preservation of copyright notice ⓘ preservation of license text ⓘ |
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: BSD license Description of subject: The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BSD 3-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD-2-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD-style licenses
this entity surface form:
New BSD License
this entity surface form:
BSD licenses
this entity surface form:
BSD-3-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD 3-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD-style license (via NetBSD kernel licensing)
this entity surface form:
BSD licenses
this entity surface form:
BSD 3-Clause License
subject surface form:
Isabelle
this entity surface form:
BSD-style license
this entity surface form:
BSD licenses
this entity surface form:
BSD licenses
subject surface form:
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
this entity surface form:
BSD 3-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD 2-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD 3-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD 2-Clause License
this entity surface form:
BSD licenses