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[โ€“] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago (17 children)

I'm contributing to openstreetmap because I think there should be a free alternative to Google or Apple maps.

Am I running the risk of having my contributions stolen?

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Not really , they use the Open Data Commons Open Database License which means it can be used commercial but they have to release changes under the same license.

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