<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Tom,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We’ve written some guidance on this topic:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/03/21/open-source-meets-open-standards/" class="">http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/03/21/open-source-meets-open-standards/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/openstandardsopensource" class="">http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/openstandardsopensource</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There isn’t a single answer as different standards setting organisations have different rules, and different participation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">S</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 29 May 2015, at 13:56, Tom Blecher <<a href="mailto:blecher.tom201645@yandex.com" class="">blecher.tom201645@yandex.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=koi8-r" class=""><div class="">Hello people,</div><div class="">am I the only person on the planet who sees a connection</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">-of the vast nonexistence of free software in fields</div><div class="">-and this fields are governed -more or less- by standardization companies as Beuth-Verlag, who offers them standards for fee?</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">And therefore finds it necessary to solve the problem? </div><div class="">Maybe not, maybe not even the first one.</div><div class="">So I ask here:</div><div class="">By which means could one a) and b) does one (fsf) usually tackle the problem?</div><div class="">For me to be able to support you.</div><div class="">Thanks in advance</div>
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