The people who put together these codes spend a lot of time and effort doing it. They only get compensated by requiring people to pay for access via a copyright.
Some bodies do it without restricting access, like IEEE, but their work in contributed by interested parties who control their IP via other means. Companies will work on the next 802.11x, but they are always trying to guide the standard to benefit their company.
Some bodies do it without restricting access, like IEEE, but their work in contributed by interested parties who control their IP via other means. Companies will work on the next 802.11x, but they are always trying to guide the standard to benefit their company.