When uploading photos to OpenStreetView you can choose what license your images can be used under.
The OpenStreetView project aims to create the biggest possible openly licensed repository of street level photography. We want these photos to be used in as many ways as possible and so we recommend that you used the most permissive license. We do realise that some people will not want to do that and so a full range of Creative Commons licenses are available for you to choose from.
To simplify things regarding the metadata that you add for photos we are stating that all of this data will be covered by the Creative Commons "Zero" license (CC0) which essentially releases the data into the public domain. This covers all metadata related to photos including metadata pulled from the original photo's EXIF headers.
Take a look below for a full break-down of the licenses available:
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OSV Choice
By choosing this license you agree to use the OSV project's choice of license. This choice might change as new licenses are developed, by choosing this option you're making sure your photos are licensed under the license we think is best for the project...
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CC-BY
This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licens...
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CC-BY-SA
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to open source software licenses. All new wor...
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CC-BY-NC
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms....
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CC-BY-NC-SA
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Others can download and redistribute your work just like the by-nc-nd license, but they...
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CC0
Using CC0, you can waive all copyrights and related or neighboring rights that you have over your work, such as your moral rights (to the extent waivable), your publicity or privacy rights, rights you have protecting against unfair competition, and databa...