All I would like a standard to be free but as with any other profession you have to pay for your tools. Ill be shopping for antennas and spectrum analyzers in the near future and I don't expect to get them for free so standards are just another cost of doing business. Regards Dan Anchondo
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Making Standards Free In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Scott Drysdale <[email protected]> writes >I agree with Ed. The concept that a 'rule' depends on, references, or >is copyrighted material is debatable. In a legal sense, the copyright >holder can have too much control over the distribution of their >intellectual property. Yes, and in the past that has happened. I think the trend to 'open government' and 'freedom of information' makes it less likely to happen in the future. All national and international standards are, of course, available for purchase, and I know of no case where a standard is 'priced beyond reach'. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immoderately. John Woodgate - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
