http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/09/20/227242.shtml?tid=126&tid=95&tid=98&tid=99
"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?"
Good question.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
