> On 2-Feb-07, at 1:32 PM, Robin Millette wrote:
>
>
>> On 2/2/07, Hugh McGuire <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> If I read this page correctly:
>>>
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=92F0193U>>>
>>> it costs $500 to get a list of postal codes sorted by electoral
>>> ridings (not sure how you can then use that data? ... but surely such
>>> "data" isn't copyrighted? it's just the formatted data right? I mean
>>> you can't copyright "the list of Canadian postal codes sorted by
>>> federal ridings," can you?)
>>>
>> Postal codes are facts, and can't be copyrighted. I don't think there
>> are DB rights yet here either. What this means is, if we aggregate the
>> info ourselves, we can do what we want with that information, such as
>> sharing it as we want.
>>
>> Should the developpers keep exchanging on this list to get to the
>> gritty details, or can we setup another list - or just a plain to/cc
>> chain?
>>
>> I'm rather busy this week unfortunately, but then again, why the
>> sudden rush? I can help with a few things on the back end, I probably
>> already have some code and data I scraped a while ago. You can write
>> me off-list if you think I can help, I won't be able to keep up with
>> this list for the next couple of days.
>>
>
> I can help out with Manitoba info, both Postal Codes and electoral
> district info (both provincial and federal).
>
> shawn
>
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