Re: ANSI requires licence fees to use ISO language and country code?

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I'm guessing this may be related to the fact that ISO is now
delivering ISO 3166-1/2 codes "in the form of two
Microsoft Access 2000 databases." (Although you can also order
the standards without the database files.)

http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html

Trying to use the "databases" commercially *might* put you
in the situation of owing a license fee to somebody, depending
on what is attached to the "database" which is delivered by ISO.

And in any case, what would this have to do with ANSI?

--Ken

> Here's an excerpt from the ISO site:
>
> The short country names from ISO 3166-1 and the alpha-2 codes are made
> available by ISO at no charge for internal use and non-commercial
> purposes. The use of ISO 3166-1 in commercial products may be subject to
> a licence fee.
>

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