Why aren't ISO standards free?
ISO standards cost money to develop, publish and distribute. Someone has to pay. The current system whereby users are requested to pay for the standards they use, not only sustains the development process but also, very importantly, ensures that the balance of independent vs. government, private vs. public interests can be maintained.
[^] # Re: L'ISO
Posté par Eul Guignol . En réponse au journal Le PDF/A et l'open source. Évalué à 2.
Eux se réfugie derrière l'argument classique : l'indépendance n'est pas gratuite :-)
Trouvé dans la FAQ sur le site de l'ISO ( http://www.iso.org/ )
Why aren't ISO standards free?
ISO standards cost money to develop, publish and distribute. Someone has to pay. The current system whereby users are requested to pay for the standards they use, not only sustains the development process but also, very importantly, ensures that the balance of independent vs. government, private vs. public interests can be maintained.