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layout: license
permalink: /licenses/odbl/
category: ODbL
class: license-types
title: Open Database License

source: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/

description: The <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/">Open Database License (ODbL)</a> is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Database while maintaining this same freedom for others.

how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the  into the file.

required:
  - attribution
  - share-alike
  - keep open

permitted:
  - commercial-use
  - private-use
  - modifications
  - distribution

---

Copyright [year] [fullname]