[governance] Why standards from ISO are not freely available?

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Carlos and all,

  Of course your right here.  And of course as the US is by far
the largest funder, it would only seem fair that that fact should
not go unrecognized and duely considered accordingly.

Carlos Afonso wrote:

> The same should apply to ITU and all other multilateral agencies with
> regulatory powers, funded as they are by taxpayers of all member countries.
>
> --c.a.
>
> atanu garai wrote:
> > The International Organization for Standardization
> > (http://www.iso.org/) is a major standards development and maintenance
> > body for the Internet, besides other organization. It has at least
> > published 43 very important standards related to the Internet and
> > information technology (http://tinyurl.com/6ebtuc). It is imperative
> > that members of the public have access to those standards so that
> > those standards can be applied by all and everybody concerned. On the
> > other hand, these standards are developed by stakeholders across the
> > globe in a cooperative way, most notably with active participation and
> > contribution from the national standards organizations which are part
> > of the national governments and funded by taxes. According to ISO, the
> > organization has 157 national standards bodies and 60% of its income
> > comes from membership fees
> > (http://www.iso.org/iso/about/iso_in_figures.htm). Despite that one
> > may wonder, why these standards are not available openly accessible
> > for all internet users and making these standards available openly
> > accessible can further augment development of standardised public
> > systems.
> >
> > Atanu Garai
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