Am 17.07.2015 um 19:40 schrieb Colm Moore:
> Hi,
> 
> Adding individual Eircodes shouldn't be a problem. Adding the whole database 
> is another matter. Facts can't be copyrighted, databases can.
> 
> So just like I can read the name of an office on a sign and add it to OSM, I 
> can do the same when I read the Eircode off their business card.
> 
> On 17 July 2015 11:30:55 GMT+01:00, Simon Poole <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What better way to ignore than come to the conclusion that the data
>> can't be included in OSM and needs to be removed when it turns up?
> 
> Whatever the merits or de-merits of the system, it is the official post code 
> system. I map a lot of business. Some of them (gambling, e-cigarettes), I 
> would prefer not to map, but on OSM I'm a mapper, not an activist. If you 
> don't want to add Eircodes, don't. But I think it would be wrong to delete 
> Eircodes.
> 
The problem is that we are naturally not mapping "one" eircode. It is
completely open if simply splitting a task that would be illegal for one
entity do to over a large group (aka crowd sourcing) suddenly makes it
legal.

Simon


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