[Talk-ca] geocoder.ca sued by Canada Post

Fabian Rodriguez magicfab at member.fsf.org
Fri Apr 13 23:05:34 BST 2012


Le 12-04-13 01:53 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) a écrit :
>
> Here is an outrageous story.  A tiny little website called geocoder.ca
> is being sued by Canada Post.  Geocoder.ca has created a crowd-sourced
> database of postal codes that is distributed for free under the Open
> Database License (ODbL).  Canada Post is suing to have the data taken
> down and for lost revenue.
>
>  
>
> Ervin Ruci is the sole operator and owner of geocoder.ca.  Ervin has
> indicated that his free postal code data is used by OSM.  For more
> info and to donate to geocoder.ca's defense please visit -
> http://geocoder.ca/?sued=1  Please help support open data!
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bernie.
>
> --
>
> *Bernie Connors*
>
> *New Maryland, NB*
>
> *bernie.connors at unb.ca*
>
>
Would it make any sense to fill this form accordingly?:
http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=8A4E1E4D-1

Fabian Rodriguez
http://fsf.magicfab.ca



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