Linux Kongress 1997
E210071
Linux Kongress 1997 was a notable early Linux developers’ conference where Eric S. Raymond first presented his influential essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” helping shape open-source software culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux Kongress | 1 |
| Linux Kongress 1997 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1887568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux Kongress 1997 Context triple: [The Cathedral and the Bazaar, firstPresentedAt, Linux Kongress 1997]
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Trisquel
Trisquel is a fully free, community-driven GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation for its commitment to software freedom.
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D.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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E.
Arcadia Conference
The Arcadia Conference was a high-level World War II strategy meeting held in Washington, D.C. in late 1941–early 1942, where Allied leaders coordinated military plans and laid groundwork for postwar international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux Kongress 1997 Target entity description: Linux Kongress 1997 was a notable early Linux developers’ conference where Eric S. Raymond first presented his influential essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” helping shape open-source software culture.
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Trisquel
Trisquel is a fully free, community-driven GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation for its commitment to software freedom.
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D.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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E.
Arcadia Conference
The Arcadia Conference was a high-level World War II strategy meeting held in Washington, D.C. in late 1941–early 1942, where Allied leaders coordinated military plans and laid groundwork for postwar international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux conference
ⓘ
software developers conference ⓘ |
| attendeeType |
Linux developers
ⓘ
free software advocates ⓘ open-source contributors ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| chronology | 1997 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
popularization of the term "open source"
ⓘ
recognition of bazaar-style development in industry ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Linux kernel development
ⓘ
free software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| hasAttendee |
Eric Raymond
ⓘ
surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
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| hasAuthorPresentation |
Eric Raymond
ⓘ
surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
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| hasEvent | first public presentation of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
Linux kernel community
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel hacking
bazaar model of software development ⓘ cathedral model of software development ⓘ collaborative software development ⓘ free and open-source software licensing ⓘ |
| influenced |
open-source development practices
ⓘ
open-source software culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Linux kernel community ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux operating system
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| notableFor | first presentation of Eric S. Raymond’s essay "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Linux Kongress 1997
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux Kongress
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| presentedWork |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
ⓘ
surface form:
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Linux Kongress 1997 Description of subject: Linux Kongress 1997 was a notable early Linux developers’ conference where Eric S. Raymond first presented his influential essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” helping shape open-source software culture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Linux Kongress