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

Wed Jan 12 14:55:42 UTC 2011

The rationale for a Norwegian license is partly explained in this blog post
and its comments:
http://data.norge.no/blogg/2010/08/en-klausulbuffet-av-vilkar/ (in
Norwegian)

In summary the CC and PDDL licenses lack provisions for accessibility and
delivery, and the licenses must also be in line with current Norwegian law
which is somewhat different from that in other countries.

mvh.
Svein-Magnus Sørensen

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:euopendata-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Peter Krantz
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:24 PM
To: euopendata
Subject: [euopendata] Government Open data Licenses - reasons for rolling
your own?

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-governme
nt-licence.htm
[2]: Norway:
http://data.norge.no/blogg/2010/11/oppdrag-2-norsk-standardlisens-for-tilgan
g-til-offentlige-data/

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