Nupedia Open Content License
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The Nupedia Open Content License was a copyleft-style license created for the Nupedia encyclopedia project, allowing free use, modification, and redistribution of its articles under specific conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nupedia Open Content License canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9251211 — 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: Nupedia Open Content License Context triple: [Nupedia, contentLicense, Nupedia Open Content License]
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A.
Knuth license
The Knuth license is a highly restrictive software license created by Donald Knuth that allows use and distribution of his programs like METAFONT only if they remain unchanged, effectively prohibiting modified versions from being redistributed under the same name.
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B.
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.
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C.
Open Software License 2.1
Open Software License 2.1 is an earlier version of the Open Software License, a copyleft-style open source software license designed to govern the use, modification, and distribution of software.
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D.
Apache License 1.0
Apache License 1.0 is the original version of the Apache Software Foundation’s permissive open-source software license that laid the groundwork for later Apache license revisions.
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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: Nupedia Open Content License Target entity description: The Nupedia Open Content License was a copyleft-style license created for the Nupedia encyclopedia project, allowing free use, modification, and redistribution of its articles under specific conditions.
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A.
Knuth license
The Knuth license is a highly restrictive software license created by Donald Knuth that allows use and distribution of his programs like METAFONT only if they remain unchanged, effectively prohibiting modified versions from being redistributed under the same name.
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B.
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.
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C.
Open Software License 2.1
Open Software License 2.1 is an earlier version of the Open Software License, a copyleft-style open source software license designed to govern the use, modification, and distribution of software.
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D.
Apache License 1.0
Apache License 1.0 is the original version of the Apache Software Foundation’s permissive open-source software license that laid the groundwork for later Apache license revisions.
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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 (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyleft license
ⓘ
free content license ⓘ open content license ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Nupedia encyclopedia project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Nupedia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
modification of Nupedia content
ⓘ
redistribution of Nupedia content ⓘ use of Nupedia content ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
copyleft-style requirements
ⓘ
non-revocable rights once granted ⓘ requires attribution of authors ⓘ requires preservation of license terms on redistribution ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
derivative works must remain under the same or compatible terms
ⓘ
users must comply with specified conditions for reuse ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | copyleft principles ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | intended for international use ⓘ |
| legalStatus | free content license specific to Nupedia ⓘ |
| licenseModel | open content with copyleft-style obligations ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | later free content licensing practices used by Wikimedia projects ⓘ |
| purpose |
to allow free use of Nupedia articles
ⓘ
to allow modification of Nupedia articles ⓘ to allow redistribution of Nupedia articles ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nupedia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wikipedia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | encyclopedic articles produced by Nupedia ⓘ |
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: Nupedia Open Content License Description of subject: The Nupedia Open Content License was a copyleft-style license created for the Nupedia encyclopedia project, allowing free use, modification, and redistribution of its articles under specific conditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.