[OSM-talk] How is there not any creative-type (US) copyright in OSM data?

[John Smith]

2009/12/8 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> But if it's copyrighted, who owns the copyright on it?  Each person who uses
> the tag?  The people who participate in the list discussion?  The OSMF?

You own the copyright on your changes but you also agreed to release
it at present under CC-BY-SA, as does everyone else, so all
contributors own the copyright, but you also license your changes
under cc-by-sa so there is no one owner.