> Standards are paywalled by their national standards bodies, not the ISO.
That doesn't sound right. If I want access to the C++ standard document, I am required to pay ISO for the privilege. ISO hold the copyrights to the document. There are no national standards bodies in sight.
> And final draft standards are available for free anyway.
People don't want an approximation of the standard, they want the standard itself. If that weren't true, ISO wouldn't be taking this approach.
That doesn't sound right. If I want access to the C++ standard document, I am required to pay ISO for the privilege. ISO hold the copyrights to the document. There are no national standards bodies in sight.
> And final draft standards are available for free anyway.
People don't want an approximation of the standard, they want the standard itself. If that weren't true, ISO wouldn't be taking this approach.