Hi Tom,

We’ve written some guidance on this topic:

http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/03/21/open-source-meets-open-standar... http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/03/21/open-source-meets-open-standards/

http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/openstandardsopensource http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/openstandardsopensource

There isn’t a single answer as different standards setting organisations have different rules, and different participation.

Hope this helps,

S

On 29 May 2015, at 13:56, Tom Blecher blecher.tom201645@yandex.com wrote:

Hello people, am I the only person on the planet who sees a connection

-of the vast nonexistence of free software in fields -and this fields are governed -more or less- by standardization companies as Beuth-Verlag, who offers them standards for fee?

And therefore finds it necessary to solve the problem? Maybe not, maybe not even the first one. So I ask here: By which means could one a) and b) does one (fsf) usually tackle the problem? For me to be able to support you. Thanks in advance _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@fsfeurope.org https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion

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