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The Free Software Definition

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The Free Software Definition

Summary

The Free Software Definition is an article[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of article entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Free Software Definition authored Richard Stallman[3].
  • The Free Software Definition's instance of is recorded as article[4].
  • The Free Software Definition's publisher is recorded as Q48413[5].
  • The Free Software Definition's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International[6].
  • The Free Software Definition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y9g[7].
  • The Free Software Definition's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html[8].

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Designation and Status

The Free Software Definition's instance of is recorded as article[4].

Why It Matters

The Free Software Definition ranks in the top 6% of article entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Richard Stallman

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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