Exactly. Popular ones are funded. The point was everyone was complaining about paying for a publication. But how do you fund publishing without paying? Everyo

Exactly. Popular ones are funded. The point was everyone was complaining about paying for a publication. But how do you fund publishing without paying? Everyone expects 'standards' to be free, but don't they take time and effort and organization? GQL has existed for long time, as open source, and has evolved, with a community. But eventually there is a need to 'pay' to get funding, and industry backing to grow further. And a standards organization is valuable in doing that. Complaining it isn't 'free' is the wrong part.