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

[Jordan S Hatcher]

Hi Peter

I have a few thoughts on this here: 

http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/1216/1164

Thanks

~Jordan

Mr. Jordan S. Hatcher
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On 12 Jan 2011, at 14:23, Peter Krantz <peter.krantz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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