Open Source Initiative
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Open Source Initiative canonical | 19 |
| Open Source Definition | 10 |
| Open Source Definition as defined by OSI | 1 |
| open source definition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T825349 — 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: Open Source Initiative Context triple: [Python Software Foundation License, approvedBy, Open Source Initiative]
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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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization best known for promoting an open and accessible internet and stewarding projects like the Firefox web browser and the JavaScript language’s early development.
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E.
Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees and supports a large ecosystem of open-source software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server and many other widely used tools and frameworks.
- 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: Open Source Initiative Target entity description: 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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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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization best known for promoting an open and accessible internet and stewarding projects like the Firefox web browser and the JavaScript language’s early development.
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E.
Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees and supports a large ecosystem of open-source software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server and many other widely used tools and frameworks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
ⓘ
software advocacy organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OSI ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
collaborative software development
ⓘ
open development models ⓘ open standards ⓘ |
| aimsTo | prevent misuse of the term "open source" ⓘ |
| approves | open source licenses ⓘ |
| basedOn | Debian Free Software Guidelines ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Bruce Perens
ⓘ
Eric Raymond ⓘ
surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
|
| collaboratesWith |
Apache Software Foundation
ⓘ
Free Software Foundation Europe ⓘ Linux Foundation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defines |
Open Source Initiative
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Open Source Definition
|
| fieldOfWork |
digital rights
ⓘ
open source software ⓘ software licensing ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| founder |
Bruce Perens
ⓘ
Eric Raymond ⓘ
surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
|
| governingBody | board of directors ⓘ |
| hasFocusArea |
education about open source
ⓘ
license compliance ⓘ public policy related to open source ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType |
affiliate organizations
ⓘ
corporate sponsors ⓘ individual members ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Education, advocacy, and stewardship of open source ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
affiliate program
ⓘ
corporate sponsorship program ⓘ individual membership program ⓘ license review process ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Palo Alto, California ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Debian Free Software Guidelines
ⓘ
Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| legalForm | 501(c)(3) non-profit ⓘ |
| licenseListIncludes |
Apache License 2.0
ⓘ
BSD license ⓘ
surface form:
BSD licenses
GNU General Public License ⓘ MIT License ⓘ |
| maintains |
Open Source Initiative
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Open Source Definition
|
| maintainsListOf | OSI-approved licenses ⓘ |
| monitors | use of the term "open source" ⓘ |
| nonProfitSector |
advocacy
ⓘ
education ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of open source software
ⓘ
protection of open source software ⓘ |
| website | https://opensource.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: Open Source Initiative Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
open source definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
subject surface form:
Eclipse Public License 1.0
subject surface form:
Eclipse Public License 2.0
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (historical)
→
compliesWith
→
Open Source Initiative
ⓘ
subject surface form:
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition
this entity surface form:
Open Source Definition as defined by OSI