On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Can you explain what a consensual database sharing agreement means? >> > > The present USPS policy is not to publish the location of postal boxes. > A prior lawsuit compelled the USPS to release, one time, a database of > postal boxes. > What was the justification? Why was it only one time? I'd suggest starting by filing a FOIA request, and seeing if they deny it. > By "consentual" I mean negotiating with the USPS to release the data under > the ODbL. > First of all, it's almost certainly public domain, so ODbL is useless (and, really, counter-productive). Secondly, if they don't want to even publish it, what makes you think they'd release it under ODbL? What would the offer be in the negotiation? > The USPS is rapidly closing locations, so the OSM data collected by hand > is increasingly out of date. > Good thing it's in a database that can be collaboratively updated by volunteers all over the world!
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