Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!hrsw2!bakken From: bakken@hrsw2.UUCP (David E. Bakken) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: X3J11 response to comments (was: Block Closure) Summary: ANSI draft is not copyrighted ==> don't need $50 (really $65) Message-ID: <81@hrsw2.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 16:14:15 GMT References: <2853@enea.se> <2400014@otter.hple.hp.com> <918@rlgvax.UUCP>, <1988May2.212040.3274@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Co., Seattle, Wa. Lines: 25 In article <1988May2.212040.3274@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > If they can't find $50 in their own pockets, or their own plus their friends' > pockets, or their organization's pockets, I really have to conclude that > [etc] They don't even have to come up with this whole amount. I've looked all over the draft (and the Oct 86 version) and can't find a copyright on it. So it seems one must just find someone who has a copy and pay for the copying costs (which might be in the neighborhood of $12). I don't know why it is not copyrighted - perhaps ANSI likes people to be able to freely reproduce its standards (and drafts thereof) but doesn't like to be in the document dissemenation business so it finds someone like Global to distribute the docs for a fee. --> DISCLAIMER <-- I'm not a lawyer, so consult one if you need to and don't blame me or my employer if you suffer liability because of using my statement (aren't litigious societies wonderful?). > (Actually I think it was more like $75, but the principle stands.) I'm pretty sure its $65 that Global distributes them for. -- Dave Bakken Boeing Commercial Airplanes (206) 277-2571 uw-beaver!apcisea!hrsw2!bakken Disclaimer: These are my own views, not those of my employers. Don't let them deter you from buying the 747 you've been saving hard for.