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From: shapiro@rb-dc1.UUCP (Mike Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: another of the most commonly asked question .. Obtaining ISO Documents
Message-ID: <371@rb-dc1.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 01:01:42 GMT
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Reply-To: shapiro@rb-dc1.SanDiego.gould.UUCP (Mike Shapiro)
Organization: Gould CSD, San Diego
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In article <9369@louie.udel.EDU> new@udel.EDU (Darren New) writes:
>
>On the other hand, of the six or eight documents I have gotten from ANSI,
>none have had a copyright notice anywhere within the text. I'll agree
>that you can't get the docs from ANSI for free (usually around $35-$60
>for the ones I ordered) but they do indeed seem to be in the public domain,
>meaning that they can be copied and redistributed without fee.
>What page is the copyright notice on, if you have seen one?

I just pulled an ANSI X3.9-1978 (FORTRAN) off the shelf and found the
copyright notice on the back of the title page.  (I suppose that would be
page ii, although the front matter pages are not numbered.)

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