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'''In September 2012 we are changing our end-user license from CC-BY-SA to ODbL and we are now editting the text of this FAQ to reflect that. HOWEVER, WE CONTINUE TO PUBLISH UNDER CC-BY-SA UNTIL OTHERWISE ANNOUNCED'''
 
 
=What is the license, how can I use it?=
 
This FAQ is for anyone who wants to use OpenStreetMap geodata for making maps, routing, location or mapany other datapurpose. You do not need to register with the OpenStreetMap project. OpenStreetMap geodata is freely available to anyone.
 
==The OpenStreetMap Geodata License==
Secondly, you '''"Share Alike"'''. If you publicly distribute something that you have made from our data, such as a map or another database, and you have added to or enhanced our data, then we want you to make those additions publicly available. We obviously prefer it if you added the data straight back to our database, but you do not have to, as long as the public can easily get a copy of what you have done. If you do not publicly distribute anything, then you do not have to share anything.
 
OurFrom currentSeptember 2012, our license is calledthe [http://creativecommonswww.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0odbl/ "CC-BY-SA",Open theDatabase CreativeLicense Commons Attribution Share-Alike version 2.0(ODbL)]. Here is the [http://creativecommonsopendatacommons.org/licenses/by-saodbl/2.0summary/ human readable summary] and here is [http://creativecommonsopendatacommons.org/licenses/by-saodbl/21.0/legalcode the full text].
 
Data contributed prior to September 2012 continues to be available from our archives under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ "CC-BY-SA", the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike version 2.0], ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ human readable summary]).
We are currently changing the license, [[License/About The License Change|read more about it here]]. If fully accepted by our community, data will be re-licensed under the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/ OpenDataCommons] [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License (ODbL)].
 
Both licenses are broadly the same, you can use the data without payment, provided that you "Attribute" and "Share Alike". However, the new license is specifically written for databases. It offers our project more protection. Attribution is more practical. It is a lot clearer on when "Share Alike" is triggered. It also allows you to make maps with layers from different data with incompatible licenses. In short, we want even more people to use our data.
 
* If you publish a set of OSM data as a file or database, with other separate files or databases, this is generally known as a "Collective Work". The CC-BY-SA clearly states that Share-Alike does not apply to the other parts of a Collective Work.
 
== More information about CC-BY-SA ==▼
 
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Common_licence_interpretations Interpretations by the OpenStreetMap community]▼
 
== More information about ODBL ==
 
OpenStreetMap has begun the process of switching to a new license, theThe [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License, "ODbL" 1.0], is an Attribution and Share-Alike license for Data/Databases. ThisIt has been developed by [http://www.opendatacommons.org Open Data Commons] with input from OpenStreetMap over the last two years.
 
The new licenseIt offers clearer protection for OpenStreetMap and better clarity to end users. The general principles remain the same, OpenStreetMap data is offered freely for any use under Attribution and Share Alike terms. One important difference to highlight is that we will no longer require maps made from our data to be released under Share Alike conditions. Instead, any license can be used, including commercial, as long as any enhancements you made to our data is is shared back as data, for example a file on a website, or, better for us, directly contributed to OpenStreetMap. This should make it easier to make maps with layers of data from closed proprietary sources, something impossible now.▼
THIS LICENSE NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR END USER USE. We need to work with our contributor community to get a critical mass to accept the new license.
 
Detailed information about the new license and why it is beingwas changed:▼
▲The new license offers clearer protection for OpenStreetMap and better clarity to end users. The general principles remain the same, OpenStreetMap data is offered freely for any use under Attribution and Share Alike terms. One important difference to highlight is that we will no longer require maps made from our data to be released under Share Alike conditions. Instead, any license can be used, including commercial, as long as any enhancements you made to our data is is shared back as data, for example a file on a website, or, better for us, directly contributed to OpenStreetMap. This should make it easier to make maps with layers of data from closed proprietary sources, something impossible now.
 
▲Detailed information about the new license and why it is being changed:
 
* [[License/About_The_License_Change]]
* [[License/We_Are_Changing_The_License]] this page summarises the change for OpenStreetMap contributors.
* [[osm:Open Data License|the OpenStreetMap community's general wiki pages]]
 
▲== More information about CC-BY-SA ==
 
▲* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Common_licence_interpretations Interpretations by the OpenStreetMap community]
 
==You are infringing my copyright==
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