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== More information about ODBL ==
OpenStreetMap has begun the process of switching to a new license, the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ Open Database License, "ODbL" 1.0], an Attribution and Share-Alike for Data/Databases. This has been developed by [http://www.opendatacommons.org Open Data Commons] with input from OpenStreetMap over the last two years.
We will be creating this section soon.▼
THIS LICENSE NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR END USER USE. We need to work with our contributor community to get a critical mass to accept the new license.
The new license offers clearer protection for OpenStreetMap and better clarity to end users. The general principles remain the same, OpenStreetMap data is offered freely for any use under Attribution and Share Alike terms. One important difference to highlight is that we will no longer require maps made from our data to be released under Share Alike conditions. Instead, any license can be used, including commercial, as long as any enhancements you made to our data is is shared back as data, for example a file on a website, or, better for us, directly contributed to OpenStreetMap. This should make it easier to make maps with layers of data from closed proprietary sources, something impossible now.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License the OpenStreetMap community's general wiki pages].
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