2009/9/16 Stephen Jolly <[email protected]> > > On 16 Sep 2009, at 18:53, Tim Dobson wrote: > >> What do people think? >> > > Reminds me of when some of the Windows 2000 code was leaked - if anything > the leak was worse than useless, since the open-source projects that could > have benefited from it obviously couldn't look at it without becoming > copyright infringers, and the people behind legitimate reverse-engineering > efforts always had to be looking out for suspicious contributions from > well-meaning idiots. >
It's nothing like that. Source code is source code, you can reverse engineer it. This file is a CSV file, with a helpful first row of column names. > > In this case, there's only one legitimate source for the data, and they > know who's licensed to use it and who isn't. Not only would you be stupid > to offer a public service based on the leaked data (and who on this list > would consider anything but a public service? ;-) ) but the people running > *or using* reverse-engineered postcode geolocation databases will have to be > on the lookout for those well-meaning idiots henceforth, if they don't want > Royal Mail lawyers breathing down their necks. Personally I'm going to create myself some .kml files with the UK postcode regions in them, because I have always found these useful (you can link them to ACORN codes) and they are very expensive to buy... > > > S > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
