open government licence (OGL) in the UK
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The Open Government Licence (OGL) in the UK is a standard, permissive licence that allows free use, adaptation, and sharing of public sector information, provided users attribute the source.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Open Government Licence | 2 |
| open government licence (OGL) in the UK canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6378376 — 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: open government licence (OGL) in the UK Context triple: [Crown copyright, canBeLicensedUnder, open government licence (OGL) in the UK]
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A.
Open Software License 3.0
Open Software License 3.0 is a copyleft open-source software license that permits free use, modification, and distribution of software while imposing conditions to protect authors’ rights and ensure source code availability.
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B.
Creative Commons public domain tools
Creative Commons public domain tools are a set of legal and technical instruments that help creators and users clearly dedicate works to the public domain or mark them as free of known copyright restrictions for broad, unrestricted reuse.
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C.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.
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D.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
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E.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
- 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: open government licence (OGL) in the UK Target entity description: The Open Government Licence (OGL) in the UK is a standard, permissive licence that allows free use, adaptation, and sharing of public sector information, provided users attribute the source.
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A.
Open Software License 3.0
Open Software License 3.0 is a copyleft open-source software license that permits free use, modification, and distribution of software while imposing conditions to protect authors’ rights and ensure source code availability.
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B.
Creative Commons public domain tools
Creative Commons public domain tools are a set of legal and technical instruments that help creators and users clearly dedicate works to the public domain or mark them as free of known copyright restrictions for broad, unrestricted reuse.
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C.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.
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D.
GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
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E.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open licence
ⓘ
public sector information licence ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OGL ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
The National Archives (UK)
ⓘ
linked to:
The National Archives
|
| appliesTo | UK public sector information ⓘ |
| basedOn | principles of open data ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence (in spirit, not identical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Creative Commons license
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| covers |
geospatial data
ⓘ
government datasets ⓘ government publications ⓘ statistical data ⓘ |
| currentVersion |
OGL v3.0
ⓘ
linked to:
OGL
|
| excludes |
departmental logos
ⓘ
design rights ⓘ information subject to copyright of third parties ⓘ military insignia ⓘ patents ⓘ personal data ⓘ royal arms ⓘ trademarks ⓘ |
| governingBody |
UK Government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| governingLaw | laws of England and Wales ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to encourage innovation and economic growth
ⓘ
to facilitate re-use of public sector information ⓘ to support transparency ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
UK Government Open Data initiative
ⓘ
linked to:
open government licence (United Kingdom)
|
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalCodeUrl | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ ⓘ |
| licenceVersion |
OGL v1.0
ⓘ
OGL v2.0 ⓘ OGL v3.0 ⓘ
linked to:
OGL
|
| permits |
adaptation
ⓘ
commercial use ⓘ copying ⓘ distribution ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| prohibits |
misleading use of information
ⓘ
suggesting official endorsement ⓘ |
| publisher |
The National Archives (UK)
ⓘ
linked to:
The National Archives
|
| replaced | Click-Use Licence ⓘ |
| requires |
attribution of the source
ⓘ
compliance with applicable laws when using the information ⓘ inclusion of the licence text or a link to it ⓘ indication of any changes made ⓘ |
| typeOfLicence | permissive ⓘ |
| usedBy |
UK central government departments
ⓘ
UK public bodies and agencies ⓘ local authorities in the UK ⓘ |
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: open government licence (OGL) in the UK Description of subject: The Open Government Licence (OGL) in the UK is a standard, permissive licence that allows free use, adaptation, and sharing of public sector information, provided users attribute the source.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: open government licence (OGL) in the UK
linked to: open government licence (OGL) in the UK