license

P181
predicate

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

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
OLPC OS free software licenses
KDE Plasma desktop environment
surface form: KDE Plasma
GNU General Public License
surface form: GPL
XNU Apple Public Source License
APFS proprietary
FaceTime proprietary software license
Control Center
surface form: Control Center (macOS)
proprietary software
Cocoa proprietary
SwiftUI proprietary
Zoom
surface form: Zoom (macOS accessibility feature)
proprietary
Mail proprietary software
Photos proprietary software license
TextEdit proprietary
Homebrew BSD license
surface form: BSD 2-Clause License
MacPorts BSD license
Xcode proprietary software license
Rosetta 2 proprietary software
AmigaOS proprietary
Windows NT proprietary commercial software
Mac OS 8 proprietary software
The George Balanchine Trust professional ballet companies via predicate surface "licenses"
The George Balanchine Trust ballet schools via predicate surface "licenses"
The George Balanchine Trust other dance organizations via predicate surface "licenses"
Fedora Silverblue various free and open-source licenses
Nexus public domain (original source later released)
Mosaic (web browser)
surface form: Mosaic
proprietary software license
CERN httpd open source software
Oregon State Bar lawyers in Oregon via predicate surface "licenses"
Windows 7 proprietary commercial software
Windows 8 proprietary software license
MATE desktop environment GNU General Public License
MATE desktop environment GNU Lesser General Public License
MATE desktop environment other free software licenses
Fedora CoreOS various free and open source licenses
Fink GNU General Public License
Fink GNU Lesser General Public License
MIT License permissive via predicate surface "licenseType"
Pageant MIT License
surface form: MIT license
PSCP MIT License
surface form: MIT-style license
Plink MIT License
surface form: MIT license
OpenWrt GPL-2.0-or-later
Salsa20 public domain
Noise protocol framework public domain-like license (as stated by author)
Public Domain Mark public domain marking tool via predicate surface "licenseType"
RenderMan proprietary software license
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit proprietary software license
iTunes proprietary software license
Apple Maps proprietary software
ARKit framework
surface form: ARKit
proprietary
GPC GNU General Public License
SINTRAN proprietary