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=About The OpenStreetMap LicenseLicence Change=
The OpenStreetMap project has moved to a new licenselicence, 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 was developed by [http://www.opendatacommons.org/ OpenDataCommons] a project of the [http://www.okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation].
The new licenselicence 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.
The licenselicence remains firmly rooted in the attribution, share-alike provisions of the existing Creative Commons License but the ODbL is far more suitable for open factual databases rather than the creative works of art. It extends far greater potential protection and is far clearer when, why and where the share-alike provisions are triggered. There are further reasons for moving away from CC BY-SA [[License/Why CC BY-SA is Unsuitable|here]].
== Where we are now ==
On Wednesday September the 12th 2012, we announced the switch to the ODbL licence. The first ODbL licencedlicensed planet file was available on the 14th.
Prior copies of the database will be continue to be available under CC BY SA as long as there is demand.
Over a two year period, the OpenStreetMap has worked with Open Data Commons to create the ODbL license itself and then to create internal Contribtutor Terms and other subsidiary documents.
The Foundation's LicenseLicence Working Group presented a [[:File:License Proposal.pdf|proposal document]] to the members, who accepted it by vote in December 2009. A summary was also presented at the State Of The Map 2009 conference. This process is documented [[Working Group Minutes|here]]. We also welcome any review and comment by other bodies working in the open intellectual properties rights arena, and have published an [[License/Open Letter|open letter]] asking for their views.
OSMF members have voted on whether they wish to put the current version of the new license to the community for adoption and then begin the adoption process itself. The [http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2009-December/000753.html results from 270 members polled] are:
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