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Absolutely not. None of the ISO standards would meet either of those criteria.


Nah, the term "open standard" is so vague that is probably does.

In its laxest definition -- endorsed by ISO itself -- it's just a standard managed by a nonprofit standard organization. In the more common definition it only requires royalty-free use plus the org. Requiring free access is unfortunately an extreme in the spectrum of definitions.




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