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Licensing is in general a difficult subject and for data even more so than for creative works. Our goal must be that consumers of OSM data can use our data with a high level of confidence that they can actually use the data on the terms of our distribution licence, the ODbL 1.0. To enable this, licences for data sources utilized for adding objects to OpenStreetMap or improving existing data need to be carefully vetted for compatibility.
The Licence Working Group (LWG) has previously issued guidance on some specific licences that are in common use, but there are a plethora of custom licenses that are used by potential data sources and new ones are created at a surprising cadence. It is clearly not possible for the LWG to inspect every single one and we have to rely on the OSM community to do at least a rough triage before escalating such issues to us. This document is intended to help you make such determinations.
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