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set of permissions and restrictions to use something
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Summary

license ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,693 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: contract[2], permit[3]
  • Commons category: Licenses[4]
  • Said to be the same as: permit[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Licenses[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[8]
  • Partially coincident with: professional certification[9], statutory credential[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.org/dc/terms/license[11], https://purl.org/ctdl/terms/License[12], http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#License[13]
  • Different from: RightsStatements.org statement[14]
  • ACM Classification Code (2012): 10003470[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[16]
  • P14692: 2013 IIHF World Championship[17]

Why It Matters

license has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] license is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

contract

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . Q141247525. wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). license. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/license
MLA “license.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/license.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_license_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{license}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/license}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): license — https://4ort.xyz/entity/license (retrieved 2026-10-13)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2457, 5362
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5362, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330383|licence (#7330383)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce',
    Sitelink count → 72
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/dc/terms/license, https://purl.org/ctdl/terms/License, http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#License
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#License"
  3. 18d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → 2013 IIHF World Championship
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/dc/terms/license, https://purl.org/ctdl/terms/License, http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/juristic#License
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Permit, Moving to permit"
  4. 11w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wellcome collection concept id → zky6sdkv
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wellcome collection concept id: zky6sdkv, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/281670808|Licenses (#281670808)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7571|Wellcome C"
  5. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → licences, licenses
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: licences, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941030|licences (#289941030)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000040-licence
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000040-licence, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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