ISO Puts Out a Face-Saving (It Hopes) FAQ Apr 16, 2008, 15 :00 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (7376 reads) (Other stories by Pamela Jones)
"Here's a new ISO FAQ that it hopes will convince you that it did a fine job handling the OOXML standards process. In it, it hints that it can withdraw approval of OOXML if Microsoft misbehaves about patents in the future:
"What about hidden patent issues?
"The ISO/IEC/ITU patent policy requires that licenses be available on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions to all patents needed to implement an ISO/IEC International Standard and/or ITU Recommendation, and that all identified patent owners make a declaration to that effect..."
