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* The OpenStreetMap [[License/Contributor_Terms|Contributor Terms]]. This acts as the Contents license referred to by 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_GuidelinesCommunity 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 I ask the OSMF questions about the licence?==
* 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_GuidelinesCommunity 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
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