> > 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. -- Phillip Helbig Email ......... [log in to unmask] Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. .... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 297) Jodrell Bank Fax ................ +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................ 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web ... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/ My opinions are not necessarily those of NRAL or the University of Manchester.