license

P181
predicate

Indicates that one entity has granted another entity formal permission or authorization to use, perform, or exploit something under specified terms.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
license canonical 4,168
licenseType 197
licenses 108

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: license
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has granted another entity formal permission or authorization to use, perform, or exploit something under specified terms.

Sample triples (4,674)

Subject Object
macOS proprietary software license ⓘ
HFS Plus proprietary ⓘ
PuTTY MIT License ⓘ
ChaCha20 public domain ⓘ
AIP Advances Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution license
iOS proprietary software license ⓘ
GNU Pascal GNU General Public License ⓘ
Python reference implementation (CPython)
surface form: CPython
Python Software Foundation License ⓘ
Python Software Foundation Python via predicate surface "licenses" ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
MS-DOS proprietary license ⓘ
Edge
surface form: Microsoft Edge
proprietary software ⓘ
Skype proprietary ⓘ
GNU Emacs GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Emacs GPL-3.0-or-later ⓘ
GNU Compiler Collection GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU Debugger GNU General Public License ⓘ
Physical Review X Creative Commons license via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Delphi (programming language)
surface form: Delphi
proprietary software ⓘ
AOL Instant Messenger proprietary license ⓘ
mSphere Creative Commons license ⓘ
Java GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GNU General Public License (for OpenJDK)
Android TV proprietary software ⓘ
Blink BSD-style open-source license ⓘ
Chromium BSD license ⓘ
Dev
surface form: Google Chrome Dev
proprietary software ⓘ
Google Translate proprietary software ⓘ
Google Calendar proprietary software ⓘ
Google Contacts proprietary software ⓘ
Google Tasks proprietary software ⓘ
Google Assistant proprietary software ⓘ
Google Maps proprietary software ⓘ
Google Fit proprietary software ⓘ
Physical Review Research Creative Commons license ⓘ
BBC Studios television formats via predicate surface "licenses" ⓘ
BBC Studios finished television programmes via predicate surface "licenses" ⓘ
mBio Creative Commons license ⓘ
ACS Omega author-pays open access via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Android Automotive OS proprietary components with open-source Android base ⓘ
Android Dalvik VM Apache License 2.0 via predicate surface "licence" ⓘ
Canary
surface form: Google Chrome Canary
proprietary software ⓘ
Google Keep proprietary software ⓘ
Erla Maschinenwerk Messerschmitt via predicate surface "licenseFrom" ⓘ
Dewey Decimal Classification proprietary ⓘ
DALL·E proprietary ⓘ
OpenAI Gym MIT License ⓘ
Ruby Ruby License ⓘ
Ruby BSD-style license ⓘ
Go BSD-style license ⓘ
Rust MIT License ⓘ
Rust Apache License 2.0 ⓘ