I read this story on Newsforge, the imminence of this (expected THIS fall) makes it really something. The material is of such a quality, the breath of their data, the pictures alone, this is really big news ! As the article says, openining up this content to the public, will make the British culture much more important.
The license they will use will be the Creative Commons license.
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/04/09/14/0715249.shtml
Thanks, GerardM