Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!west!grapevine!male!jethro!exodus!vladimir From: vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee Subject: Re: FTP site for draft standards Message-ID: Date: 9 May 91 01:07:33 GMT References: <1991Apr29.222928.28757@cbnewsi.att.com> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: rhb3@cbnewsi.att.com's message of 29 Apr 91 22:29:28 GMT In article <1991Apr29.222928.28757@cbnewsi.att.com> rhb3@cbnewsi.att.com (richard.brandwein) writes: I am interested in placing the current version of a draft standard from IEEE 802.6 in a public ftp site. Does anyone know of any other ANSI/IEEE groups that do this? If not, is there any known legal problem? If this is done elsewhere, which sites are currently being used? I was under the impression that the IEEE does *NOT* make standards available electronically for two basic reasons: (1) Money - the revenue from selling the standards goes to support the standards process and (2) the difficulty of ensuring that the standard you get is in fact the correct, unadulterated standard. -- Vladimir -- ============================================================================== Vladimir G. Ivanovic Sun Microsystems, Inc (415) 336-2315 MTV12-33 vladimir@Sun.COM 2550 Garcia Ave. {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!vladimir Mountain View, CA 94043-1100 Disclaimer: I speak for myself. ==============================================================================