> But as for a license, it's hard to see why that might be. You can't > copyright rules (only a particular expression of same, and only to > the extend that the "sweat of the brow" rule doesn't apply). And it > doesn't sound like patentable matter either. That said, if some > outfit thinks it can ask for licensing on matter of this kind, that > in itself is in my mind sufficient to exclude them from any > consideration.
The issue is trademark. When you can use the term "MISRA" to describe something. It's my understanding that you can't use the term to describe something that checks rules without paying the license fee for the trademark, but this is a complex issue and needs to be doublechecked.
