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''OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.'' OpenStreetMap is asking existing contributors ~~before 2010-05-12~~ to re-license their contributions under new contributor terms, ( [[License/Contributor_Terms_Summary\| human readable]], [[License/Contributor_Terms\| full text]] ), which allows end user licensing under the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License 1.0], "ODbL". [http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/07/26/automated-redactions-complete/ The automated redactions process is complete], meaning data from users who did not agree, has been redacted, and is no longer exposed in our live database. This page requires some updates to reflect the changing situation. For the latest news see http://blog.osmfoundation.org This page explains the basic reasons for the change and provides links to further resources with more detail.