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ODbL is published by [[Open Data Commons]], part of the [[Open Knowledge Foundation]].<ref name="ODC-About">{{cite web|url=http://www.opendatacommons.org/about/|title=Open Data Commons - About|publisher=[[Open Data Commons]]|accessdate=2 July 2011}}</ref>

The [[OpenStreetMap]] (OSM) project completed the move from a [[Creative Commons]] license to ODbL in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=OpenStreetMap data license is ODbL|url=http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/09/12/openstreetmap-data-license-is-odbl/|publisher=OpenStreetMap Foundation|accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> in an attempt to have more legal security<ref>{{cite web|title=Legal FAQ|url=http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ/CC-BY-SA_Archive#What.27s_this_about_a_licence_change.3F|publisher=OpenStreetMap}}</ref> and a more specific license for databases rather than creative works.

== References ==