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>  > I think TeX society should not go under indirect supervision
>  > of ISO, W3C, etc. because there will come some time that one considers
>  > charging
> oh come! dont be *too* paranoid. if we have to pay a license fee to use
> ISO standards, the world will have become *very* odd...

From what I understand with regard to Fortran standards, if you want a
copy of the standard, you have to pay a substantial sum to ISO.


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