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W3C Objects To Royalties On ISO Country Codes

Posted by timothy on from the all-your-base-names dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tim Berners-Lee has sent a letter of concern to the president of ISO about the idea of collecting royalties on...guess what...ISO language and country codes! According to the letter, the ISO Commercial Policies Steering Group is proposing a royalty on commercial use of ISO language, country and currency codes. The whole idea seems absurd. On what grounds could uttering lang="en-US" be subject to any intellectual property right that justified any royalty demand?"

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  1. All "intellectual property" is absurd. by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They are all on the same level. Some are just more obviously stupid than others.

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist
  2. "left/right" alert. by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The conservative/liberal angle? How original! On to next message--this one clearly lacks no insight.

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist