[OSM-talk] (UK) FreeThePostcode - we need your postcode inner parts

[Dan Karran]

Arg. Licences!  :)

I think we'd get a lot more data if people were able to derive it from
CC sources. I can understand the desire to keep the database PD
though.

Cheers,
Dan

On 6/4/06, Tom Carden <tom at tom-carden.co.uk> wrote:
> On 04/06/06, Nick Burch <openstreetmap at gagravarr.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Dan Karran wrote:
> > > Is the project interested in coordinated derived from finding the
> > > location on OpenStreetMap instead of merely direct GPS data gathering?
> >
> > This has been raised on the "Talk:Free_The_Postcode" page, from which I
> > quote:
> >
> > "Is there anything to stop people from looking up Postcodes based on OSM
> > and inputting the Lat and Long into freethepostcode? --Nick 17:13, 15 Mar
> > 2006 (UTC)"
> >
> >    "Nope, since you're looking at free data. Use streets, not landsat
> >    though as it can be way out. <snip> User:Steve"
> >
>
> I thought that we'd quite like FreeThePostcode to be completely public domain?
>
> If we believe that geocoding using Google Maps creates a derived work,
> then surely we believe that geocoding using OSM also creates a derived
> work, and so FreeThePostcode's database would need to be distributed
> under CC by-sa? (And the open question of who, legally, should get the
> attribution also applies).
>
> Tricky, isn't it?
>
> Best,
>
> Tom.
>


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