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Subject: Re: ISO 639
Keywords: ISO Documentation
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Date: 7 Feb 90 16:10:56 GMT
References: <3109@paperboy.OSF.ORG> <1091@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>
Reply-To: jimm@ima.ima.isc.com (Jim McGrath)
Organization: Interactive Systems Co
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In article <1091@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> foessmei@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Reinhard Foessmeier) writes:
>In article <3109@paperboy.OSF.ORG> martin@osf.org (Sandra Martin) writes:
>
>Same reservations applying -- I'd be interested, too, and certainly so
>would be others.  So why not post it instead of mailing?
>________
I've seen this request often enough that it should probably be in the
most frequently asked questions list.  The problem is that ISO
documentation is copyrighted.  It is not legal to send copies that
haven't been paid for.

I personally object to the use of copyrights by ISO.  I certainly
impedes the flow of information.  If ISO really wants their protocols
to gain widespread acceptance they should make it easier to implement
them.  

Jim