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free software license

Summary

free software license is a type of license[1]. It draws 375 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_license category, ranking #6 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • free software license's instance of is recorded as type of license[3].
  • free software license is associated with the free software movement movement[4].
  • free software license is a type of free license[5].
  • free software license is a type of software license[6].
  • free software license's Commons category is recorded as Free software licenses[7].
  • free software license is the opposite of proprietary license[8].
  • free software license's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Free software licenses[9].
  • free software license's has characteristic is recorded as Four Freedoms[10].
  • free software license's has characteristic is recorded as The Free Software Definition[11].
  • free software license's has characteristic is recorded as four freedoms[12].
  • free software license's different from is recorded as open-source license[13].
  • free software license's different from is recorded as OSI-approved license[14].
  • free software license's different from is recorded as free software[15].

Body

Definition and Type

free software license's instance of is recorded as type of license[3]. Recorded subclass of include free license[5] and software license[6]. It is the opposite of proprietary license[8].

Movements and Schools

free software license is associated with the free software movement movement[4].

Why It Matters

free software license draws 375 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_license category, ranking #6 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Four Freedoms, The Free Software Definition, four freedoms
    Subclass of → free license, software license
    Different from → open-source license, OSI-approved license, free software
    Topic's main category → Category:Free software licenses
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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