[OSM-newbies] Licensing concerns

[john whelan]

Thank you.  A little more restrictive than I thought.

Cheerio John

On 24 November 2010 10:27, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:12 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm a bit confused about licensing and about what may or may not be done
> > with OpenStreetMap.
> >
> > If I wish to print a map on a catalog showing where a business is, is
> that
> > permitted?
>
> Hi John,
>
> You might try the legal FAQ, or the help forum.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ
> http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/700/publishing-an-openstreetmap
>
> But the short answer is this.  Yes, you may print a map on a catalog
> showing the location of a business, as long as you attribute
> OpenStreetMap and the OSM license correctly.  "Correctly" varies a bit
> depending on what you do.
>
> If you use a screenshot from the osm.org mapnik layer now, you should
> include
>
> "Map and data ©2010 OpenStreetMap and contributors CC-By-SA"
>
> And it would be ideal to place that text right on the map.
>
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