Hi Andy, Aidan approached the talk-gb mailing list last month about this postcode idea [1]. A discussion was held, and from the back of this several changes were made (mainly related to reducing the size of the import to ensure that only the very best data was used, but also to ensure that QA was considered). Furthermore based on the discussions, the idea has since been posted to the imports mailing list and a wiki page [2] has been created.
As no more complains were raised at the time, Aidan has continued to develop this idea and his script. I am supportive of his work as I am confident of the quality and the benefit it will bring to OSM. In regards to the licence, the data is available under the Open Government Licence and is therefore compatible with OpenStreetMap. I do however share you general concern about imports, but on this occasion I'm 100% satisfied. Kind regards, Rob [1] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-January/014358.html [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ONS_Postcode_Import
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