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GNU date

Summary

GNU date is a free software[1].

Key Facts

  • GNU date's instance of is recorded as free software[2].
  • GNU date's instance of is recorded as utility software[3].
  • GNU date's maintained by is recorded as David MacKenzie[4].
  • GNU date's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[5].
  • GNU date's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[6].
  • GNU date's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[7].
  • GNU date's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/src/date.c[8].
  • GNU date's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=src/date.c;h=ff5c548c0bb12ea214afa039b9b894142aa9bfbf;hb=HEAD[9].
  • GNU date's user manual URL is recorded as https://manpages.debian.org/sid/coreutils/date.1.en.html[10].
  • GNU date's copyright holder is recorded as Q48413[11].
  • GNU date's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[12].

Body

Publication

GNU date's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[7].

Related Entities

David MacKenzie free software GNU Core Utilities

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . cvs.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . cvs.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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