Bronek Kozicki wrote: [...]
simple really. ECMA is commercial organization . . .
Full stop right here. http://www.ecma-international.org/activities/General/presentingecma.pdf (Facts 2 of 3) "Ecma International is a not-for-profit association under Swiss Law/Geneva, established in 1961 Purpose of Ecma: Development and publication of standards/TRs for Information & Communication Technology and Consumer Electronics Track record: 499 publications, many also published by ISO/IEC Ecma publications are free of charge and can be freely downloaded from the Ecma website www.ecma-international.org A-liaison with ISO/IEC JTC 1 accelerates Ecma technical input into JTC 1 ISO/IEC fast-track procedure (5-month international ballot) originally proposed by Ecma and accepted in 1987" regards, alexander.