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(→‎Summary of OpenStreetMap Contributor Terms: Update points to be numbered.)
This is only a summary and is not legally binding! The full text can be found at [[License/Contributor_Terms]]. You can find more discussion by the Contributor community : [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Contributor_Terms/Human_readable here]'''
 
*# Do not put in data you don't have permission to submit. It should either be your own work or something that there is clear permission to use.
# You still own the bits of data you put in, i.e. you can still use them in other places.
 
*# You still ownallow the OpenStreetMap Foundation to publish your bits of data youas putpart in,of i.e.the youOpenStreetMap cangeodata stillset usefor themothers into other placesuse.
*# The OpenStreetMap Foundation can only publish the data under a free and open license. If it fails in that, it has broken a contract with you.
 
*# Until the proposed change-over, that license is the CC BY SA 2.0. When enough existing contributors agree to re-license their data, that license will change to Open Database License 1.0.
* You allow the OpenStreetMap Foundation to publish your bits of data as part of the OpenStreetMap geodata set for others to use.
*# The OpenStreetMap Foundation can only pick a new free license if it's approved by the OSMF membership (a foundation of paid-up members) and a 2/3 majority vote of active contributors. You'll be considered an active contributor if you've edited in at least 3 out of the last 12 months and don't take longer than 3 weeks to reply to E-Mail.
 
*# If you want attribution you should add your name to the Contributors page.
* The OpenStreetMap Foundation can only publish the data under a free and open license. If it fails in that, it has broken a contract with you.
*# Both you and the OpenStreetMap Foundation disclaim responsibility for anything that might happen to folks using your data.
 
* Until the proposed change-over, that license is the CC BY SA 2.0. When enough existing contributors agree to re-license their data, that license will change to Open Database License 1.0.
 
* The OpenStreetMap Foundation can only pick a new free license if it's approved by the OSMF membership (a foundation of paid-up members) and a 2/3 majority vote of active contributors. You'll be considered an active contributor if you've edited in at least 3 out of the last 12 months and don't take longer than 3 weeks to reply to E-Mail.
 
* If you want attribution you should add your name to the Contributors page.
 
* Both you and the OpenStreetMap Foundation disclaim responsibility for anything that might happen to folks using your data.