Re: [xml-dev] ISO turns evil?

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David Megginson <>
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Re: [xml-dev] ISO turns evil?
David Carlisle writes:

 > > Apologies if this has come up already and I missed it, but is ISO
 > > really seriously considering charging royalties for the *use* of
 > > their standards?
 > 
 > Not considering, it is their current policy:
 > 
 > 
 > http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/index.html
 > 
 > ...The use of ISO 3166-1 in commercial products may be subject to a
 > licence fee.....

Thanks for the link.  That's a lot more than an incipient discussion,
if they're already running a warning.


All the best,


David