Most SDOs don’t want copyright.
McSherry 23 – Legal Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, J.D. from Stanford University.
Corynne McSherry, “Access to Law Should Be Fully Open: Tell Congress Not to Be Fooled by the Pro Codes Act,” Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10-25-2023, https://www.eff.org/es/deeplinks/2023/10/access-law-should-be-fully-open-tell-congress-not-be-fooled-pro-codes-act
Second, it doesn’t really make sense. The many volunteers who develop these codes neither need nor want a copyright incentive. The SDOs don’t need it either—they don’t do anything creative (convening volunteers is important work, but not creative work), and they make plenty of profit though trainings, membership fees, and selling standards that haven’t been incorporated into law.