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* You can however, put separate and distinct data layers on top of your map, such as icons showing specialists points of interest, routes, track logs, shaded areas, contours and the like, then Share-Alike does not apply to these elements as long as they do not interact with the map underneath.
==What should my lawyer look at?==
If you are a potential end user and need to do a legal review before using OpenStreetMap data, here is what we suggest your lawyer or legal department look at:
* The [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License, "ODbL" 1.0]
* The OpenStreetMap [[License/Contributor_Terms|Contributor Terms]]. This acts as the Contents license referred to be ODbL. Note that we have endeavoured to design our licensing system to use just the ODbL license as a "one stop shop" regarding the rights and obligations of end users. It is not our intent for any Contents license to restrict rights further nor to add extra obligations.
* [[osm:Open Data License/Community_Guidelines|Community_Guidelines]] These analyse specific legal terms and generic language in the ODbL specifically as it regards our geodata and how it used. For example, what does the EU Database Directive term "Substantial" extraction mean in practical terms. They carry no formal legal weight but do present what the OpenStreetMap community, and therefore the OSM Foundation as publisher, feels to be reasonable and acceptable.
== More information about ODBL ==
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