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The OpenStreetMap project has moved to a new license, known as the '''Open Database License (ODbL)''' which replaces the former Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 2.0 license due to problems with the CC-BY-SA license when applied to data. The license clarifies the terms under which people make contributions to the project and the terms under which people can use the data. It is a basically a share alike license for data.
The license
The new license comes in two parts. One, the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License (ODbL)] covers the database itself and, and a set of upgraded [[License/Contributor_Terms| Contributor Terms]] covers the content of the database.
== Where we are now ==
On Wednesday September the 12th, we
Prior copies of the database will be continue to be available under CC BY SA as long as there is demand.
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