{
  "question": "Can I use OpenStreetMap data commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-openstreetmap-data-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-openstreetmap-data-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use and sharing of the data: Yes. Sharing a derived database: Yes.",
  "framing": "OpenStreetMap data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0).",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use and sharing of the data",
      "license": "ODbL-1.0",
      "license_name": "Open Data Commons Open Database License v1.0",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by ODbL 1.0, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "share_alike",
        "keep_open"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Sharing a derived database",
      "license": "ODbL-1.0",
      "license_name": "Open Data Commons Open Database License v1.0",
      "intended_use": {
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by ODbL 1.0, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "share_alike",
        "keep_open"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "Credit \"© OpenStreetMap contributors\" visibly. A derived database you make public must be offered under the ODbL; a map image (a produced work) can carry other terms."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "OpenStreetMap copyright and license",
      "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright"
    },
    {
      "title": "ODbL 1.0",
      "url": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "ODbL-1.0",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true,
          "redistribution": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-23"
}