BSD license

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permissive free software license software license family

The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
BSD 3-Clause License	13
BSD license canonical	10
BSD licenses	10
BSD License	5
BSD 2-Clause License	4
BSD-3-Clause License	4
BSD-2-Clause License	2
BSD-3-Clause	2
BSD-style license	2
2-clause BSD License	1
2-clause BSD license	1
4-clause BSD license	1
BSD 2-clause license	1
BSD-2-Clause	1
BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD	1
BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD	1
BSD-3-Clause license	1
BSD-3-Clause-Attribution	1
BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License	1
BSD-4-Clause	1
BSD-4-Clause-UC	1
BSD-style license (via NetBSD kernel licensing)	1
BSD-style licenses	1
FreeBSD License	1
FreeBSD license	1
Modified BSD license	1
NetBSD license	1
New BSD License	1
New BSD license	1
PostgreSQL License	1
Revised BSD License	1
Simplified BSD license	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575851 — 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: BSD license
Context triple: [Chromium, license, BSD license]

A. MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
B. Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
C. Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: BSD license
Target entity description: The BSD license is a family of permissive free software licenses that allow redistribution and use with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.

A. MIT License
The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.
B. Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
C. Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	permissive free software license ⓘ software license family ⓘ
allows	commercial use ⓘ modification ⓘ redistribution ⓘ sublicensing ⓘ use in proprietary software ⓘ
category	free and open-source software license ⓘ
contains	limitation of liability clause ⓘ warranty disclaimer ⓘ
contrastWith	copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL ⓘ
developedFor	BSD ⓘ surface form: Berkeley Software Distribution
doesNotRequire	copyleft ⓘ disclosure of source code when distributing binaries ⓘ
hasVariant	BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2-clause BSD license 3-clause BSD license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 4-clause BSD license BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-2-Clause BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-3-Clause BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-3-Clause-Attribution BSD-3-Clause-Clear ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-Warranty ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-4-Clause BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BSD-4-Clause-UC BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FreeBSD license ISC license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Modified BSD license BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NetBSD license BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New BSD license Original BSD license ⓘ BSD license self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Simplified BSD license
imposes	minimal restrictions ⓘ
isApprovedBy	Free Software Foundation ⓘ Open Source Initiative ⓘ
isCompatibleWith	GNU General Public License ⓘ surface form: GNU General Public License version 3
isGenerallyCompatibleWith	many open source licenses ⓘ
isUsedBy	FreeBSD ⓘ surface form: FreeBSD operating system NetBSD ⓘ surface form: NetBSD operating system OpenBSD ⓘ surface form: OpenBSD operating system many open source projects ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
licenseModel	permissive ⓘ
mayIncludeClause	advertising clause ⓘ non-endorsement clause ⓘ
originatedAt	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
requires	attribution of original authors ⓘ preservation of copyright notice ⓘ preservation of license text ⓘ

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Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chromium → license → BSD license ⓘ

NumPy → license → BSD license ⓘ

pandas → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD 3-Clause License

scikit-learn → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD 3-Clause License

PostgreSQL → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: PostgreSQL License

Flask → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD-3-Clause License

SciPy → license → BSD license ⓘ

PyTorch → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD 3-Clause License

Seaborn → license → BSD license ⓘ

Elm → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD-3-Clause

yarn → license → BSD license ⓘ

subject surface form: Yarn

this entity surface form: BSD-2-Clause License

NetBSD/mac68k → license → BSD license ⓘ

crosvm → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD-style license

LXQt desktop environment → license → BSD license ⓘ

subject surface form: LXQt

open-source movement → supportsLicense → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD licenses

Homebrew → license → BSD license ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSD 2-Clause License

MacPorts → license → BSD license ⓘ