[kwlug-disc] GPL attachment to data files

[Adam Glauser]

Insurance Squared Inc. wrote:
  What options do I have to distribute the calculator + the data tables in
> these circumstances?  Can I provide two seperate downloads?  Or if I'm 
> using tables from a US government site do I just bundle it in and beg 
> forgiveness later?

With the usual caveats about my lack of law training, I believe that 
most US government data is released in the public domain (the idea being 
that it was taxpayer funded so everyone should have access).  See if you 
can find a statement to that effect on the site in question.