Open Database License

ODbL summary icons:
You are free: To Share, To Create, To Adapt;
As long as you: Attribute, Share-Alike, Keep open.[1]

The Open Database License (ODbL) is a copyleft ("Share Alike") license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use a database while maintaining this same freedom for others.[2]

ODbL is published by Open Data Commons, part of the Open Knowledge Foundation.[3]

Notable uses

The OpenStreetMap (OSM) project completed the move from a Creative Commons license to ODbL in September 2012[4] in an attempt to have more legal security[5] and a more specific license for databases rather than creative works.

Other projects using ODbL include OpenCorporates,[6] Open Food Facts,[7] and Paris OpenData.[8]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/
  2. ↑ "Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0". Open Data Commons. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Open Data Commons - About". Open Data Commons. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "OpenStreetMap data license is ODbL". OpenStreetMap Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Legal FAQ". OpenStreetMap.
  6. ↑ https://opencorporates.com/info/licence
  7. ↑ http://world.openfoodfacts.org/data
  8. ↑ http://opendata.paris.fr/page/lalicence/


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