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2026-05-12 19:58 UTC
@pietervdvn@en.osm.town @harry_wood@en.osm.town Yes but the street names and numbers are assigned by the councils, so it should be their data to release. But somehow OS/Geoplace position themselves as maintainers of the NPLG, suck in all the data from the councils. and then provide it back to them under a restrictive licence, meaning Councils can't release their own data. 1/2
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@rjw62@en.osm.town 2026-05-12 20:05
@pietervdvn@en.osm.town @harry_wood@en.osm.town The question with the Council Tax data the Owen's been collecting is whether it's maintained independently of the NPLG. AFAICT, OS thinks this is so unlikely, they've forced Owen to take down any datasets where the council hasn't explicitly confirmed *to them* that it's independent, even if the Council has told Owen there are no third party IP rights in the data. Some data undoubtedly has been released 'in error'. But OS and it's lawyers would be tough to argue with. 2/2