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		secretsatan on Aug 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need to liberate the Postcode Address File You miss the point that it was once freely accessible, and now it is not.

scraplab on Aug 23, 2024 [–]

I don’t believe it’s ever been accessible for free. It’s just that ownership has moved from the state to a private company and now it’s difficult to make it open.

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