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W3C Letter Regarding Fee Proposal for ISO Codes

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Published:: 19 September 2003

W3C has written to ISO President Oliver Smoot to express deep concerns regarding a Commercial Policies Steering Group (CPSG) proposal to charge for the use of certain ISO codes, including those for languages (ISO 639) and countries (ISO 3166). The Unicode Technical Committee has issued a similar public position. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the largest standards developer with 97 national member bodies. W3C's letter is archived on the public mailing list of the W3C Internationalization Activity.

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