Re: Geo::Postcode

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 > IANAL, but I don't believe that either of these mean you=20
> couldn't build your own
> postcode mapping. If you license it from them you'll be restricted by
> contract law on what you can do, but if you don't, and build=20
> your own, I
> don't think copyright law becomes an issue.

Again IANAL but I'd agree with that.

The raw data itself is not copyright, it's the database that is. There's =
various other things that come under the same rules in the UK - the most =
popular being sports results.

There's a database of postcodes -> long/lat already available as free =
download here:

http://www.jibble.org/ukpostcodes/

As that's been up there for quite some time it's a reasonable indicator =
that the data is safe. I'd imagine that the compilers of that data can =
probably help with the legal questions.

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