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software license

governs the use and/or redistribution of software
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software license

Summary

software license is a type of license[1]. It draws 4,728 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_license category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • software license's instance of is recorded as type of license[3].
  • software license is a type of license[4].
  • software license is a type of copyright license[5].
  • software license's Commons category is recorded as Software licenses[6].
  • software license's facet of is recorded as information technology law[7].
  • software license's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox software licence[8].
  • software license's different from is recorded as copyright license[9].

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Definition and Type

software license's instance of is recorded as type of license[3]. Recorded subclass of include license[4] and copyright license[5].

Why It Matters

software license draws 4,728 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_license category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

proprietary software

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). software license. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/software-license
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_software-license_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{software license}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/software-license}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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  1. 19d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → information technology law
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox software licence
    Instance of → type of license
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sq, it */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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