Greg Mitchell wrote: > Apologies for the newbie question, but could anyone tell me (or indeed > point me at a relevant discussion thread in the archives) what the > restrictions are on the use of OpenStreetMap data? > > In particular, can the data be used for commercial services or trials, > and if so under what conditions? What kind of licence is applied to the > data?
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0. Basically means: a) freely copiable; b) you have to give credit to OSM; c) anything you create using OSM data needs to be distributed under the same terms. We are considering changing to a different licence, the Open Database Licence, which offers better protection, and more clarity about the definition of "anything you create using OSM data". http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Legal_FAQ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Open_Data_License cheers Richard _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
