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Re:EU Advocate General: Technical Standards must be freely a... by bawolff on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:38AM (#36455894)
> If we lived in an economic system that didn't pay those organizations, they simply wouldn't exist.

Weird comment to make on the literal internet, where all the standards (Whether IETF, W3C, or WHATWG) are freely available.

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Re:EU Advocate General: Technical Standards must be freely a... by uraniumjelly on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:43AM (#36478444)
Weird comment to make when the OP is literally about standards _not_ being freely available. IETF and those standards organizations are funded by other people BTW, they don't consist entirely of individuals putting their own money in.
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Re:EU Advocate General: Technical Standards must be freely a... by bawolff on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:14PM (#36482685)
> Weird comment to make when the OP is literally about standards _not_ being freely available.

What is weird about giving a counter-example?

> IETF and those standards organizations are funded by other people BTW, they don't consist entirely of individuals putting their own money in.

Sure, nobody is claiming that no money is involved at all. The point is: they do not charge for standards, we, the people who read standards, do not fund them. And yet they exist. Not only do they exist, but they maintain some of the most widely implemented standards in the world. Clearly this proves it is possible to not charge for standards and still have standards.

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