No link AND copyright enables openness.
NFPA 24 – a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization.
National Fire Protection Association, “Benefits of Standards Development Organizations,” NFPA, 04-18-2024, https://www.nfpa.org/for-professionals/codes-and-standards/standards-development/the-value-of-standards-development-organizations/benefits-of-sdos#
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Because independent SDOs hold copyright in their standards, they are able to fund their standards development activities from revenue generated from the publication and sale of their standards publications. This allows SDOs to keep the barriers to participation low and to retain their independence and freedom from potential influence by any industry or group. This funding model, moreover, is consistent with the wide and reasonable availability of standards, and SDOs are committed to working with government agencies to provide both pre- and post- adoption access to standards through a variety of means, appropriate to the many circumstances in which standards are adopted and used.