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Am I allowed to use a screenshot of OSM as a wallpaper/background for a blog that may be generating revenue?

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I intend to take a screenshot of an area and edit it to use as a wallpaper/background for my blog.

asked 29 Dec '18, 11:18

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edited 31 Dec '18, 14:56

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meta: Please could you mark an answer as accepted if it solves your problem.

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See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright if you are using the standard style layer. For all other layers and other map images using OSM data you need to ask the respective creators and operators of the map images.

answered 29 Dec '18, 12:07

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Thank you, that was very helpful!

(29 Dec '18, 14:00) OSMccount

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