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Message 00227: Re: ecfr



Yeah, we'll probably be required by law to buy the $6900 version so
that we can get the applicable updates. But if you think you can raise
the money, I'd love to do that.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Aaron Swartz wrote:
>
>> exciting stuff. I put in a FOIA request for NCOA ($5000) and SSA DMF
>> ($1725) but I worry that they'll find an excuse to make me pay...
>
> usps ncoa?  good luck.  btw, they included a shrinkwrap license agreement in
> one of their mailings to me, so we should assume we're under a EULA (but, if
> we extract facts, we are ok).
>
> for ssa dmf, why don't we just buy it and open source it?  it is fairly
> cheap.  but, are you sure you don't need the $6,900 product?  You also
> understand that you would be required by law to apply the weekly updates?
>
> Carl
>