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Copyright to individual contributions remains with the contributor and their consent can be asked directly. If you happen to use data provided solely by one or a few OSM contributors, you can ask them if they are willing to provide their data to you under a different licence.
== I want to use an OSM map in my project. Can OpenStreetMap Foundation sign my release form? ==
Probably not. Release forms typically include several clauses that OSMF cannot agree to:
1) Ownership. OSMF is not the owner of the data. OSMF receives non-exclusive rights from its contributors.
2) Complete waiver. OSMF cannot waive of rights of contributors other than what those contributors have granted under the Contributor Agreement and applicable open license (ODbL). If your use falls within what the ODbL (or law, such as fair use) permits, you do not need a further grant. If your use falls outside such permissions, you would need to seek permission from the contributors, not OSMF.
3) Indemnity & warranty. As a small non-profit, OSMF does not provide any indemnification or warranty.
If you have a release form that does not contain any of these clauses, you may submit it for our review at legal-questions@osmfoundation.org
Please note our reviewers are volunteers and may not be able to respond immediately. Based on our past experience, in many instances where entities are seeking release forms, the entities intend to use an OSM map in a way that is already permitted under ODbL, provided that attribution is properly given. In such cases a release would not be necessary. Please review the Community Guidelines and Attribution requirements to see if your use would qualify.
== What do you mean by "Attribution"? ==
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