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
Cyclone open source license ⓘ
Opera web browser
surface form: Opera
proprietary software license ⓘ
Opera Mini proprietary software license ⓘ
Opera Crypto Browser proprietary software ⓘ
Darwin Apple Public Source License ⓘ
PEPs
surface form: PEP
Open publication license compatible with PSF policies ⓘ
OPENSTEP proprietary ⓘ
WebObjects proprietary software license ⓘ
NeXT Mail proprietary software ⓘ
Netscape Navigator proprietary software license ⓘ
Snap Camera proprietary software license ⓘ
Science Advances Creative Commons license ⓘ
Final Cut Pro proprietary software ⓘ
Cambridge Dictionary proprietary ⓘ
Washington State Bar attorneys in Washington (state) via predicate surface "licenses" ⓘ
Word
surface form: Microsoft Word
proprietary ⓘ
OneNote proprietary software ⓘ
Access
surface form: Microsoft Access
proprietary software ⓘ
Publisher
surface form: Microsoft Publisher
proprietary software ⓘ
To Do
surface form: Microsoft To Do
proprietary software ⓘ
SharePoint Framework proprietary ⓘ
Docker Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
Docker Proprietary components ⓘ
SQL Server Reporting Services proprietary software license ⓘ
SQL Server Management Studio proprietary software ⓘ
SQL Server Management Studio freeware ⓘ
Developer Edition non-production via predicate surface "licenseType" ⓘ
Symbian proprietary ⓘ
SQL Server Data Tools proprietary software ⓘ
FreeDOS GNU General Public License ⓘ
FreeDOS MIT License ⓘ
FreeDOS other free software licenses ⓘ
Microsoft Mobile Nokia brand licensed to HMD Global (post-2016) via predicate surface "licensingDeal" ⓘ
X11 permissive open-source licenses via X.Org implementation ⓘ
Wayland MIT License ⓘ
surface form: MIT license
macOS Cocoa proprietary ⓘ
GNU toolchain GNU General Public License ⓘ
GNU toolchain GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
gnat
surface form: GNAT
GNU General Public License ⓘ
gcov GNU General Public License ⓘ
gprof GNU General Public License ⓘ
Clang Apache License 2.0 with LLVM exceptions ⓘ
MinGW GNU General Public License ⓘ
MinGW GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
Cygwin GNU General Public License ⓘ
Cygwin proprietary license for some components ⓘ
Eclipse CDT Eclipse Public License ⓘ
Dropbox Paper proprietary software ⓘ
Mailbox proprietary ⓘ
Carousel proprietary software ⓘ