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The majority of ICC’s revenue comes from program services, including consulting, certification, and training, which do not rely on profiting by limiting access to the law.

In addition, the laws are written by volunteers. ICC convenes committees of volunteers who author the law. That's how the run such huge profit margins.

EDIT: Disclaimer - As stated in a couple other spots on this page, I am a cofounder of UpCodes.

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The committees don't write the code, they consult on what codes they want to see. Those people should be volunteers, otherwise it would introduce conflicting interests. The data they gather is then codified paid employees. They have no profit margin as they are a non-profit and they have highly paid executives because they are enormous in scale.

Stop talking out of your ass.