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===Can third-party ODbL-licensed data be imported?===
Yes, in principle it can.
Whether it should be is another matter, see "I would like to import data XYZ, can I just go ahead?".
* [[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.
==Can
Yes. Within the limits of a purely volunteer run organisation we will try to provide you with an answer. Please however consider that:
* we cannot provide you with legal advice, you need to ask your counsel for that,
* we are contractually bound to distribute OSM data under a specific set of licences (currently the ODbL 1.0) and cannot make exceptions,
* as most licences the ODbL has certain grey areas, particulary when applied to OSM geo-data. We are producing a set of [[osm:Open Data License/Community_Guidelines|Community_Guidelines]] that try to clarify certain issues, however we are far from covering all possible use cases.
Please direct all such questions to legal-questions@osmfoundation.org
== Background information on the ODBL and the process that led to its adoption ==
The [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License, "ODbL" 1.0], is an Attribution and Share-Alike license for Data/Databases. It has been developed by [http://www.opendatacommons.org Open Data Commons] with input from OpenStreetMap.
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