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OPENSTREETMAP FOUNDATION WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Introduction; Your Agreement to these Terms of Use.

Welcome to the OpenStreetMap Foundation (“OSMF”) website, [www.openstreetmap.org] (the “OSMF Site”). The following Terms of Use for the OSMF Site is a legal contract between you, an individual user or a single entity (collectively or individually “Users”), and OSMF regarding your use of the OSMF Site. Together, Users and OSMF are referred to herein individually as “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”. When using the OSMF Site, you will be subject to any additional posted guidelines, terms, or rules applicable to specific services and features which may be posted from time to time (the “Guidelines”). All Guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.

BEFORE USING THE OSMF SITE, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. BY REGISTERING FOR AND/OR ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THE OSMF SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS, INCLUDING THE GUIDELINES, AND ANY FUTURE MODIFICATIONS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TERMS”). IF AT ANY TIME YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THE OSMF SITE.

Eligibility

In order to use the OSMF Site, you must be the age of majority in your jurisdiction and fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in these Terms and to abide by and comply with these Terms. You represent that you meet the eligibility requirements in this Section. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the OSMF Site is not intended for children under 13. If you are using or opening an account on the OSMF Site on behalf of a company, entity, or organization (collectively “Subscribing Organization”), then you represent and warrant that you: are an authorized representative of that Subscribing Organization with the authority to bind such organization to these Terms; and agree to be bound by these Terms on behalf of such Subscribing Organization.

Privacy Notice

Your privacy is important to OSMF. OSMF’s Privacy Notice is hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please read this notice carefully for information relating to OSMF’s collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.

Modification of the Terms

OSMF reserves the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time without notice to you. All changes shall be effective immediately. In the event of a material change, we will notify you via e-mail according to your account preferences. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the OSMF Site after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes.

OSMF Site Access

OSMF grants you permission to use the OSMF Site as set forth in these Terms, provided that, except as expressly permitted in these Terms (i) you use the OSMF Site solely for your personal use; (ii) you do not download, reproduce, redistribute, retransmit, publish, resell, distribute, publicly display or otherwise exploit any portion of the OSMF Site in any medium without OSMF’s prior written authorization; (iii) you do not alter or modify any part of the OSMF Site other than as may be reasonably necessary to use the OSMF Site for its intended purposes; (iv) you do not engage in any of the prohibited uses described below; and (v) you otherwise fully comply with these Terms. The OSMF Site is controlled and offered by OSMF from its facilities in the United Kingdom. OSMF makes no representations that the OSMF Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you are accessing or using the OSMF Site from other jurisdictions, you do so at their own risk and you are responsible for compliance with local law.

Map Data Downloads

OSMF and its licensors may make certain map data (“Map Data”) available to you for download from the OSMF Site. Any Map Data that you may download from the OSMF Site are licensed for use under the terms of the license agreement specified at the time of download.

Ownership; Proprietary Rights

As between the Parties, the OSMF Site, including the content, visual interfaces, interactive features, information, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, products, software, services, and all other elements of the OSMF Site that are provided by OSMF (“OSMF Materials”) are owned and/or licensed by OSMF. OSMF Materials do not include Non-OSMF Content (as defined below). Except as expressly authorized by OSMF, you agree not to sell, license, distribute, copy, modify, publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt, create derivative works from, or otherwise make unauthorized use of the OSMF Materials. OSMF reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. User shall not acquire any right, title, or interest to the OSMF Materials, except for the limited rights set forth in these Terms.

User Submissions

General

The OSMF Site may now or in the future permit the submission and posting or linking of data, media, text, audio and video recordings, photos, commentary or any other content submitted by you and other users (“User Submissions”), and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Submissions. User Submissions are not controlled by OSMF. Except as otherwise agreed to at the time of submission, OSMF makes no representations that it will publish or use your User Submissions in any way and may or may not use your User Submissions in its sole discretion. You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, OSMF does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.

Grant of Rights

When you provide User Submissions to the OSMF Site, such User Submissions may be subject to a separate agreement between you and OSMF, and that agreement may provide certain terms and conditions of use with respect to such User Submissions (including license grants, restrictions, etc.). Such separate agreement shall control in the event of a conflict with the terms and conditions stated herein. In the absence of such separate agreement, by submitting User Submissions to the OSMF Site, you hereby (i) grant OSMF, its affiliates, and sublicensees a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable license, with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses, to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise exploit your User Submissions in connection with the OSMF Site and OSMF’s (and its successor’s) field of endeavor, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the OSMF Site (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels now known or hereafter discovered; (ii) grant OSMF, its affiliates, and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such User Submission if they choose; (iii) irrevocably waive (and cause to be waived) any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to your User Submissions; and (iv) grant to each user of the OSMF Site a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the OSMF Site, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform such User Submissions as permitted by the functionality of the OSMF Site and these Terms.

Your Representations and Warranties Regarding User Submissions

You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize OSMF to use, all patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of User Submissions in the manner contemplated by OSMF and these Terms, and (ii) your User Submissions and OSMF’s use of such User Submissions pursuant to these Terms do not and will not: (a) infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (b) slander, defame, libel, or invade the right of privacy, publicity or other property rights of any other person; or (c) violate any applicable law or regulation.

Prohibited Uses of User Submissions

In connection with your User Submissions, you further agree that you will not publish, post, submit, transmit through or otherwise make available to the OSMF Site: (i) any falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage OSMF or any third party; (iii) any material which is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, pornographic, obscene, abusive, profane, vulgar, sexually explicit, threatening, harassing, harmful, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise objectionable, or which encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or any right of privacy or publicity, or is otherwise inappropriate; (iv) advertisements or solicitations of business, products, or services; or (v) any material that would be harmful to minors in any manner.

Non-OSMF Content Disclaimer

You understand that when using the OSMF Site you will be exposed to User Submissions and other third party content (together, the “Non-OSMF Content”) from a variety of sources, and that you may be exposed to Non-OSMF Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable. OSMF does not endorse any Non-OSMF Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein. Under no circumstances will OSMF be liable in any way for or in connection with the Non-OSMF Content, including, but not limited to, for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in any Non-OSMF Content, any intellectual property infringement with regard to any Non-OSMF Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Non-OSMF Content posted, emailed or otherwise displayed or transmitted through the OSMF Site.

Non-Monitoring of Users and Non-OSMF Content

You understand that you, and not OSMF, are entirely responsible for all User Submissions that you upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available through the OSMF Site. OSMF does not control the Non-OSMF Content posted by Users or otherwise made available by other persons and does not have any obligation to monitor such Non-OSMF Content for any purpose. If at any time, OSMF chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Non-OSMF Content, OSMF nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Non-OSMF Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Non-OSMF Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any such Non-OSMF Content. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the use of any Non-OSMF Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or legality of such Non-OSMF Content.

Removal of Non-OSMF Content

OSMF and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse to post or remove any Non-OSMF Content that is available on the OSMF Site in whole or in part at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice and with no liability of any kind.

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