[OSM-talk] Terms of use for OSM tiles and API?

[Andy Allan]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> On 29/09/09 12:32, Frankie Roberto wrote:
>
>> This is related to a question in the Flickr thread about whether OSM
>> should provide services as well as data, and is something I've been
>> meaning to ask for a while:
>>
>> Are there any "terms of use" for either the XML API or the
>> Mapnik/Osmarender map tiles?
>
> Mostly "don't take the piss" and "if I have to come looking for the
> person that has caused the site to grind to a halt then they're going to
> get themselves banned".
>
>> eg if someone wants to embed the our Mapnik tiles on their website (eg
>> using OpenLayers), can they do so? Does it depend on
>> commercial/non-commercial? Bandwidth required?
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy

For interest's sake, I've also got a usage policy at
http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/third-party-use-of-tiles/ - I
expect that it's quite similar in positioning to OSMFs, since we're
dealing with similar issues.

Cheers,
Andy