Sebastian writes:
> perhaps we could have an example of a "standard" that is not "owned";
> it is completely contradictory!!
>
> ISO is "owned" by its members
Do you mean that "http", the protocol and "HTML", the language,
are "owned"? I thought that TimBL and CERN gave them to the world
for free.
You did make your point.
So let's changed "owned" to some other word or phrase.
-- Bill