I'm guessing this may be related to the fact that ISO is now delivering ISO 3166-1/2 codes "in the form of two Microsoft Access 2000 databases." (Although you can also order the standards without the database files.)
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/05database/index.html Trying to use the "databases" commercially *might* put you in the situation of owing a license fee to somebody, depending on what is attached to the "database" which is delivered by ISO. And in any case, what would this have to do with ANSI? --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. >
