It's the most sensible outcome, really. How can you be expected to follow the law if the law isn't easily available to read? ISO/IEC has always felt like legall

It's the most sensible outcome, really. How can you be expected to follow the law if the law isn't easily available to read? ISO/IEC has always felt like legally-enforced predatory rent-seeking to me. Why do I need to pay several hundred dollar just to download a shitty PDF to implement some absolutely trivial stuff, like ISO 8601 documenting a datetime format? I much prefer the USB approach, where manufacturers have to pay to participate in writing the standards and you have to pay a certified laboratory to verify your product meets the standards, but the standard itself is open and freely available to anyone. Rather than gatekeeping safety and compatibility it promotes innovation and experimentation instead - any hobbyist or startup can try something out without spending a fortune first.