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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by aidenn0 on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:34PM (#50433918)
> LICENSEE shall use the Database and Data for the Permitted Use only and shall not disclose, release, distribute, or deliver the Database or Data, any portion of the Data or Database, or any other information derived from the Data or Database to any third party without LICENSOR's prior written consent. For the avoidance of doubt, LICENSEE may incorporate the Data into the products or services listed in Exhibit B (ZCB Order Form), as allowed by Exhibit D (ZIP Code Boundaries Tiers of Access and Usage), but no Data either in whole or in part may be transferred or sold by LICENSEE.

https://postalpro.usps.com/ZCB_License

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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by tantalor on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:03PM (#50435566)
No problem, I'll just cross that part out before I sign it.
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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by labcomputer on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:49PM (#50435822)
Sooo... You can't compel the government to create a document or data as part of FOIA, but...

You can request any already-existing dataset (which this now is). And they're required to charge only reasonable duplication costs and respond in a timely manner... And such FOIA response would not come with the same restrictive license.

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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by btown on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:53AM (#50439642)
As another commenter noted, the USPS has a unique exception to FOIA when it comes to commercially valuable data, which this is almost by definition: https://www.21cpw.com/the-law-has-two-exemptions-that-usps-f...
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