[Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

[Big Fat Frog]

Just my pennysworth, any commercial company company can take this data 
and sell it on, use it for their own commercial purposes etc.  I have 
two limited companies and can personally attest to the fact that 
anything on the CH public register does get used for all sorts of 
nefarious uses.  I don't think us using it to improve our postcode data 
for a free community map is anything we should worry about.

Jonathan

On 31/08/2012 17:59, Andy Robinson wrote:
> Not everyone considers a licence of any sort a requirement. It's just us
> that expects one or argues otherwise it might be public domain. I recall
> when I first came to OSM not understanding why a licence was required at all
> (because I'm used to contracts where the terms are explicit and OSM does not
> form contract. Little did I know about software!)
>
> What Companies House does make clear is that although data in the register
> may likely be subject to third party copyright (where the information has
> been provided to them and not generated by them and thus Crown Copyright)
> "Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on
> the public register is used." That's a pretty clear statement about data in
> the public register.
>
> For everything else that they produce Crown Copyright applies but again
> provided the normal restrictions regarding Crown Copyright are adhered to
> then regarding reuse it again states "It places no restriction on how the
> information is used after purchase other than the following" which only
> raises the question to me about data that is not sold but supplied free of
> charge.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Williams [mailto:matt at milliams.com]
>> Sent: 31 August 2012 17:00
>> To: talk-gb-westmidlands
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source
>>
>> On 31 August 2012 16:50, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
>> then?
>>
>> Probably, but I wouldn't feel comfortable using the data without an
> explicit
>> set of license terms. Unless they have done and I just don't understand
> their
>> terminology.
>>
>> Matt
>>
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