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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
[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 explains the basic reasons for the change and provides links to further resources with more detail.
If you registered after 2010-05-12, you have already accepted the new terms and ODbL and your contributions will not have been affected by the redactions process. Likewise if you have been editing recently, you must have already accepted.
If you have not already done so, you can still accept or decline the new contributor terms. You can [http://openstreetmap.org/user/terms accept the new license and
If you "Agree", you can continue editing. Your previous contributions will have already been redacted. Legally it may be possible to reverse this, but technically it is very difficult and currently there are no plans to do so.
If you "Decline", you can no longer edit
▲You can [http://openstreetmap.org/user/terms accept the new license and contributor terms here] or from your API user settings page at http://OpenStreetMap.org. You may have to log in first.
▲If you "Decline", you can no longer edit, and your contributions will eventually be removed from the live database. You may return and "Agree" later if you wish.
== What Are The Choices? ==
You have three choices.
* '''Agree''' You agree to the new OpenStreetMap Contributor Terms, ( [[License/Contributor_Terms| full text]], [[License/Contributor_Terms_Summary| human readable]] ) including re-licensing your contributions under the ODbL. Anything that you have contributed in the past will be available forever under CC-BY-SA.
* '''Agree, and I consider my contributions Public Domain''' Legally, this is the same as '''Agree'''. But it shows that you would prefer a simple license that just makes the data available to everyone without any restrictions at all. This will help define the future direction of OpenStreetMap.
* '''Decline'''. You do not agree to the new OpenStreetMap Contributor Terms and, specifically, you refuse to re-license your existing contributions for use under the ODbL. [[OSM:Contributor Terms Declined|Text displayed to people who decline.]]
== Why do we have a license? ==
== What license is being changed? ==
We
The license that covers the contributed geodata (nodes, ways, relations) and the GPX traces that you upload. That is, anything that is in the Postgresql database and which we explicitly publish, like planet.osm.
== Can I trust the OpenStreetMap Foundation ? ==
The Foundation is "dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data and to providing geospatial data for anybody to use and share.", ( http://www.osmfoundation.org ).
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