[Freegis-list] Re: [pgsql-www] [GENERAL] Map of Postgresql Users (OT)

[Claire McLister]

Well, we certainly do not want to do anything against the law. What  
countries would these be?

On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
> It is an issue with the law in several countries. The two sets of
> information may be public, but the combined info is still sensitive.
> It's law, it doesn't have to make sense :-) I'm not sure if it applies
> exactly in this case, but it could very well do, and it's just
> unnecessary to risk stepping on it.
>
>
> It's a different thing if we have people who want to be listed by name
> register on a webpage. Then they volounteer the combined information,
> and it's perfectly ok to use it that way (especially since we'd say
> that's why).
>
> //Magnus
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