I have a question. I like the efforts made to collect postcode data by
NPE and Free the Postcode, and have contributed data to all three
projects. However, I don't understand why collecting postcode data
through sites like NPE and Free the Postcode is not infringing Royal
Mail's copyright. When I added my postcode to Free the Postcode, the
co-ordinates came from my GPS, and I got the postcode from the
previous owners, but it must ultimately have come from the Royal Mail.
I don't understand why I did not violate the Royal Mail's copyright,
but why getting the postcodes from OSM & search engines (as was
previously suggested) would violate copyright.
Can anyone explain the difference?
Russ
