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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP
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Message-ID: <277@kosman.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 10:03:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 10:03:28 1987
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Summary: Copyrights on standards

In article <1492@cullvax.UUCP>, drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
> > For those who are interested, its full name is "X3.4-1977 American National
> > Standard Code For Information Interchange", available from American National
> > Standards Institute Inc., 1430 Broadway, New York NY 10018.  I don't have a
> > price list handy, but be warned that it will not be cheap.
> 
> I believe that all standards are, in fact, without copyright (you can
> check in the front).  If this is true, you can just go to a library
> and xerox(*) yourself a copy.

I quote from my copy of X3.4-1977 (just inside the front cover).
	Copyright (c) 1977 by American National Standards Institute, Inc.
	All rights reserved.

	No part of this publication may be reproduced.......

And this should not surprise anyone, if you think about it.  There's a
considerable expense involved in the administration of these documents,
even by a not-for-profit corporation like ANSI.  The volunteers who serve
on the committees aren't going to pay for it.  YOU pay for it by buying
copies of the standard that you're going to use.

So don't do it -- ante up when you want a copy.  Most of the ones I
have cost about $5.00 (US), and I think the biggies like COBOL went for
$30.00 or so.