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OpenStreetMap is asking existing contributors to re-license their contributions under the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License 1.0]. For those not familiar, this page explains the basic reasons and provides links to further resources with more detail.
You can [http://openstreetmap.org/user/terms accept the new license and contributor terms here] or from your API user settings page at http://OpenStreetMap.org. You may have to log in first. During April 2011 the [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan#PHASE_2_-_Existing_Contributor_Voluntary_Re-licensing_.28started_10th_August_2010.29 voluntary acceptance phase] will end and we will be adding the capabilility to decline the license should you wish. '''[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan#PHASE_3_-_Existing_Contributor_Mandatory_Re-licensing_.28Phase_2_.2B_5_or_10_weeks.29 You will need to accept or decline the new terms] before you can continue editing.''' If you click "Decline", you will still be able to continue editing until [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan#PHASE_4_-_CC-BY-SA_edits_no_longer_accepted._.28Phase_3_.2B_at_least_8_weeks_subject_to_critical_mass.29 Phase 4].
== What Are The Choices? ==
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