Unlicense

public domain-like license with a focus on an anti-copyright message
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Unlicense

Summary

Unlicense is an anti-copyright notice[1]. Unlicense draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (anti_copyright_notice category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Unlicense's instance of is recorded as anti-copyright notice[3].
  • Unlicense's instance of is recorded as public license[4].
  • Unlicense's instance of is recorded as public-domain-equivalent license[5].
  • Unlicense's logo image is recorded as PD-icon-black.svg[6].
  • Unlicense's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons CC0 License[7].
  • Unlicense's Commons category is recorded as Unlicense[8].
  • Unlicense's approved by is recorded as Open Source Initiative[9].
  • Unlicense's approved by is recorded as Q48413[10].
  • Unlicense's official website is recorded as https://unlicense.org/[11].
  • Unlicense's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Unlicense'}[12].
  • Unlicense's different from is recorded as all rights reserved[13].
  • Unlicense's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.'}[14].
  • Unlicense's Open Hub ID is recorded as unlicense_org[15].
  • Unlicense's X is recorded as theunlicense[16].
  • Unlicense's Facebook username is recorded as TheUnlicense[17].
  • Unlicense's SPDX license ID is recorded as Unlicense[18].
  • Unlicense's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as License:Unlicense[19].
  • Unlicense's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b7jt2q5p[20].
  • Unlicense's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'For more information, please refer to http://unlicense.org/'}http://unlicense.org/'}">[21].
  • Unlicense's Tumblr username is recorded as unlicense[22].
  • Unlicense's subreddit is recorded as unlicense[23].
  • Unlicense's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder[24].
  • Unlicense's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Unlicense[25].
  • Unlicense's domain name is recorded as unlicense.org[26].

Why It Matters

Unlicense draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (anti_copyright_notice category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Unlicense has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . unlicense.org. unlicense.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . unlicense.org. unlicense.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Unlicense. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/unlicense
MLA “Unlicense.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/unlicense.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_unlicense_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Unlicense}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/unlicense}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Unlicense — https://4ort.xyz/entity/unlicense (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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