rhb3@cbnewsi.att.com (richard.brandwein) (04/30/91)
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? Rich Brandwein
vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) (05/09/91)
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
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==============================================================================jason@hpcndjdz.CND.HP.COM (Jason Zions) (05/14/91)
>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. So far, correct. However, the IEEE Standards Department is reexamining the issue in light of technology changes etc.; some answer should be expected in the next few months. Note: Although I chair an IEEE working group, this should not be construed as a committment on the part of IEEE or anyone else, for that matter. I'm relating what I understand of what's going on; I may be wrong, mistaken, or confused (not to mention misled). Jason Zions