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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's a central server i believe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, it's dumb data, so we don't speak of federation (which happens between services), but basically yes.

Anyone can download the data and the TL;DR for your right to using the data is:

You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.

As a result, there are also many servers which mirror the data, i.e. provide a separate copy you can download, which is effectively like federation.