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Re: How did it come to this?

If its a standard I have to pay for ... it's not my standard. Never will be.

Public and accessible? Now we're talking.

One of the key things, often overlooked, is that part of the FOSS, is that it also supports FOSS, where the second 'S' is standards. It's the standards that foster information interchange, and add value. You close that standard, you just restricted communication and value.