Hi Roberto,
Glad to see you are still usefully participating.
These are simply issues in law and policy, not a conspiracy.
Thanks for the helpful clarifications about ETSI -
although it appears from your explanation that some
of ETSI's standards are very much compelling.
Notwithstanding the handwaving, the requirements of
the PSO MoU are:
Open international voluntary standards bodies are
defined as international organizations that plan,
develop or establish voluntary standards.
An organization shall be considered open and
international if its standards and/or specifications
development process is open to any person or
organization of any nationality on equitable terms.
It shall be considered voluntary if it makes no
claim to compel use of its standards and specifications.
The meaning is fairly clear on its face. It says
"...is open to any person or organization." It
doesn't say that, except for the the ITU and ETSI
who admit only organizations - and in the case of
the ITU, only if they are supported by the Administration
under whose jurisdiction they exist."
It also says "makes no claim." It doesn't say "makes
no claim for some standards, but for those that we
call Norms, those are excused." For the ITU is also
doesn't say "...except for the claim under Art. 1
of the ITU International Telecommunication Regulations..."
I seems y'all left out a lot of important exceptions...
or just conveniently implied them. :-)
--tony
