GNU General Public License
E9100
copyleft license
free software license
legal document
software license
version of 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.
All labels observed (30)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94445 — 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: GNU General Public License Context triple: [Richard Stallman, notableWork, GNU General Public License]
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A.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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B.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
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C.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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D.
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym)
GNU is Not Unix is a recursive acronym coined by Richard Stallman for the GNU project, a free software initiative to create a Unix-compatible operating system composed entirely of free software.
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E.
Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
- 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: GNU General Public License Target entity description: 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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A.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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B.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
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C.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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D.
W3C Document License
The W3C Document License is a permissive license used by the World Wide Web Consortium for its technical documents, allowing broad use and redistribution while preserving attribution and certain usage conditions.
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E.
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym)
GNU is Not Unix is a recursive acronym coined by Richard Stallman for the GNU project, a free software initiative to create a Unix-compatible operating system composed entirely of free software.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyleft license
ⓘ
free software license ⓘ legal document ⓘ software license ⓘ version of GNU General Public License ⓘ version of GNU General Public License ⓘ version of GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| acronym |
GNU General Public License
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU GPL
|
| appliesTo |
software
ⓘ
source code ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
GNU Project
ⓘ
free software movement ⓘ |
| author | Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of copyleft ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
GNU Affero General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
Affero General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| copyleftStrength | strong copyleft ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| discourages | proprietary derivatives ⓘ |
| governs |
copying of software
ⓘ
distribution of software ⓘ modification of software ⓘ redistribution of software ⓘ |
| grants |
freedom to distribute modified versions
ⓘ
freedom to modify the program ⓘ freedom to redistribute copies ⓘ freedom to run the program for any purpose ⓘ freedom to study the program ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
GNU General Public License
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 1
GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 2
GNU General Public License self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 3
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html ⓘ |
| incompatibleWith | most proprietary software licenses ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | worldwide ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licenseModel | copyleft ⓘ |
| promotes | software freedom ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1989-02
ⓘ
1991-06 ⓘ 2007-06-29 ⓘ |
| publisher | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| requires |
distribution of source code for derivative works
ⓘ
inclusion of license text with distributions ⓘ preservation of copyright notices ⓘ same license for derivative works ⓘ |
| shortName |
GNU General Public License
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
|
| usedBy |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel (version 2)
many free and open-source software projects ⓘ |
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: GNU General Public License Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (505)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.