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= We Are Changing The License =
''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 asked existing contributors 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". ▼
'''Latest Update''' The actual license change-over is about to go ahead.
[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. For the latest news see http://blog.osmfoundation.org
▲This page was created in April 2010 when OpenStreetMap asked existing contributors 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".
This page explains the basic reasons for the change and provides links to further resources with more detail.
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