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

[Michael Yau]

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.

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/index.html

        - Michael

Kenneth Whistler wrote:

ANSI has membership fees, accreditation fees, and a scheme for
site licensing for access to standards documents. But I've never
heard of a license fee for *use* of ISO 639 or ISO 3166 codes.
Once you acquire the standard, you should be able to freely
use it. That is how ISO standards work.

Where are you hearing this from?

--Ken

  

I heard that ANSI requires companies to pay a licence fee if they use 
ISO language and country codes in their products.   Anyone aware of this 
licence requirement or already paying for such licence.

    

    * ISO 3166-1.  Names of Countries and their Subdivisions - Part
      1:  Country Codes.
    * ISO 3166-2.  Names of Countries and their Subdivisions - Part
      2:  Country Subdivision
    * ISO 639-1.    Names of Languages -- Part 1: Alpha-2 Code.
    * ISO 639-2.    Names of Languages -- Part 2: Alpha-3 Code.

      

Thanks,
        - Michael