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
SimpleText proprietary software ⓘ
TeachText proprietary software ⓘ
NetBSD/mac68k BSD license ⓘ
Linux/m68k GNU General Public License ⓘ
AlphaFold open-source license ⓘ
OS/360 proprietary software ⓘ
TOS/360 IBM via predicate surface "licensor" ⓘ
Jakarta EE open source ⓘ
Small Business Investment Company Program Small Business Investment Companies via predicate surface "licenses" ⓘ
Small Business Investment Companies
surface form: Small Business Investment Company
U.S. Small Business Administration via predicate surface "licenseGrantedBy" ⓘ
CP/M proprietary software ⓘ
Sugar Toolkit free and open-source software license ⓘ
GNOME desktop environment
surface form: GNOME
GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNOME desktop environment
surface form: GNOME
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
Fedora Kinoite various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
Fedora Sericea free and open-source software ⓘ
Anaconda installer GPL ⓘ
Gentoo Linux GNU General Public License ⓘ
Gentoo Linux various free software licenses ⓘ
ChromiumOS BSD-style licenses ⓘ
ChromiumOS GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
ChromiumOS GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
surface form: LGPL
ChromiumOS other open-source licenses ⓘ
Google Classroom proprietary software ⓘ
crosvm BSD license ⓘ
surface form: BSD-style license
LXD Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
CUPS GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL-2.0-or-later
CUPS LGPL-2.1-or-later ⓘ
ChromeVox screen reader
surface form: ChromeVox
proprietary ⓘ
F2FS GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL-2.0-only
LXQt desktop environment
surface form: LXQt
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
LXQt desktop environment
surface form: LXQt
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
surface form: LGPL
LXQt desktop environment
surface form: LXQt
BSD license ⓘ
Cinnamon desktop environment
surface form: Cinnamon
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GPL
LOINC free via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
LOINC public use via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
SPDY open specification ⓘ
Lazarus IDE GNU General Public License ⓘ
Lazarus IDE GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ
The Art of Unix Programming Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
fetchmail GNU General Public License ⓘ
Free Culture Creative Commons license ⓘ
visionOS proprietary software license ⓘ
NVIDIA CUDA proprietary ⓘ
Ecosphere open-access license ⓘ
CentOS GNU General Public License ⓘ
Linux Mint various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
ReiserFS GNU General Public License ⓘ
Quantitative Economics open-access license ⓘ
AIX proprietary software license ⓘ