SPDX Becomes Internationally Recognized Standard for Software Bill of Materials

*In fact*, any ISO "Working Group" may, at its option, choose to publish its "Final Draft International Standard", AND guarantee it is bitwise identical to the International Standard down to the punctuation, modulo the cover page.

If this particular WG has not made that choice, they get to change it next time. Or, they can publish another Draft, after, and announce that *that* one is identical.

ISO is not the problem here.

Occasionally, a contract is written to mistakenly require that an IS, rather than the corresponding FDIS (plus Defect Reports!), determine conformance to the contract, thus costing people (often taxpayers) money. That is the lawyers' mistake, which can usually be fixed without negotiating a new contract, if anybody who would want to minimize costs notices.