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
Windows 8.1 proprietary software license ⓘ
Debian primarily GNU General Public License ⓘ
openSUSE various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
Arch Linux GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
Arch Linux other free and open-source licenses ⓘ
Kali Linux GNU General Public License ⓘ
Oracle Linux GNU General Public License ⓘ
ext2 GNU General Public License ⓘ
XFS GNU General Public License ⓘ
Btrfs GNU General Public License ⓘ
NFS originally proprietary from Sun Microsystems ⓘ
SELinux GNU General Public License ⓘ
AppArmor GNU General Public License ⓘ
KVM GNU General Public License ⓘ
Xen GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
Windows for Workgroups proprietary software license ⓘ
Windows 95 proprietary commercial software ⓘ
Windows Phone proprietary software ⓘ
Windows Mobile proprietary software license ⓘ
PowerShell MIT License ⓘ
Windows Defender proprietary software ⓘ
Win32 API proprietary ⓘ
DirectX proprietary software ⓘ
DirectShow proprietary ⓘ
Alpine Linux GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
Alpine Linux MIT License ⓘ
Alpine Linux BSD licenses ⓘ
Slackware various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
ext4 GPL-compatible (as part of the Linux kernel) ⓘ
Windows 1.0 proprietary software license ⓘ
IAEA Bulletin copyright International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
Wikidata CC0 1.0 ⓘ
Wikibooks Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Wikibooks GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ
Wikiquote Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Wikiquote GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ
Wikiversity Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Wikiversity GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ
Wikivoyage Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Wikifunctions GNU General Public License via predicate surface "codeLicense" ⓘ
Meta-Wiki Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Manjaro various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
Windows 10 proprietary commercial software ⓘ
Windows 10 OEM via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Windows 10 retail via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Windows 10 volume licensing via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
System 1.0 proprietary software license ⓘ
System 1 proprietary software license ⓘ
MacWrite proprietary software ⓘ
MacPaint proprietary software ⓘ