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→‎We Are Changing The License: "The actual license change-over has now occurred"
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(→‎We Are Changing The License: "The actual license change-over has now occurred")
''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.
 
'''Latest Update''' The actual license change-over has now occurred, and OpenStreetMap data is aboutvia tothe goAPI aheadis now ODbL licensed.
[http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/07/26/automated-redactions-complete/ TheAn automated redactions process iswas completecompleted], 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".