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Subject: FW: [Asis-standards] FW: Licensing of ISO coding standards
One for the UDDI implementors to keep an eye on! Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Harris [mailto:pharris@niso.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:47 PM > To: niso-vm@list.niso.org > Subject: Licensing of ISO coding standards > > Dear members, > > In late August I learned that the > <http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5079256.html>ISO Council would be > considering a new policy that would allow ISO to charge a > licensing fee > for embedding the ISO's coding standards - ISO 3166 Country > Codes, ISO 639 > Language Codes, and ISO 4217 Currency Codes - in software products. > > NISO is the U.S. Technical Advisory Group on ISO 3166 and ISO > 639 so is > especially concerned about the implications of this change. > > Today I contacted ISO and learned that the ISO's Commercial Policy > Steering Group presented its proposal to the ISO Council last > week. The ISO > Council has asked for more information and "asked the CPSG to make a > clearer case for what they want to do." The CPSG will likely > report back to > the Council in early-2004. > > At this time there is no change in ISO Policy or practice. > And, we now have an opportunity to influence the CPSG and > persuade them to > abandon this proposal. > > I plan to meet with the U.S. representative on the CPSG, Bob > Feghali, > ANSI's VP Business Development and CIO next week. > > I feel strongly that all the standards developers and other > organizations > impacted by this proposal should work together to defeat it > and have begun > to contact other standards organizations to enlist their > interest and support. > > I welcome hearing your views on this matter and will keep you > informed of > our progress. > Pat > > > > > -- > ************************************ > Pat Harris > Executive Director > National Information Standards Organization (NISO) > 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300 > Bethesda, MD 20814 USA > T: 301-654-2512 ** Mobile: 202-258-3296 > Fax: 301-654-1721 > Email: pharris@niso.org > url: http://www.niso.org > > Executive Director > American Society for Information Science and Technology > 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > FAX: (301) 495-0810 > PHONE: (301) 495-0900 > > http://www.asis.org > > _______________________________________________ > Asis-standards mailing list > Asis-standards@asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-standards > >
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