[euopendata] Government Open data Licenses - reasons for rolling your own?

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Hi!

At least two countries (UK nad Norway) have, or are in the process of,
creating a national license for open government data re-use [1][2].
This contributes to license proliferation considering that there seem
to be many similar existing licenses (e.g. CC or Open Database
License). Does anyone have any pointers to background material that
explains the rationale for creating your own license instead of using
existing licenses?

Also, it is likely that existing legislation already covers re-use of
government data in many scenarios. How do these licenses fit into
existing legal frameworks?

Regards,

Peter

[1]: UK: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open-government-licence.htm
[2]: Norway: http://data.norge.no/blogg/2010/11/oppdrag-2-norsk-standardlisens-for-tilgang-til-offentlige-data/

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