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.
Scott Drysdale, NCT Senior E3 Technologist Electronics Test Centre - An MPB Technologies division Ottawa, Canada Phone: 613-599-6800 Fax: 613-599-7614 NOTICE: This e-mail message, plus any and all attachments, are confidential communications between the Electronics Test Centre and the named recipients. If this message is inadvertently sent to anyone other than the intended recipients, please erase all copies immediately, and please notify the sender of the transmittal error. All opinions expressed are not necessarily that of ETC-MPBT, and all data/results presented is unofficial and subject to review unless accompanied by the signature of a designated signatory. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Price, Ed Sent: January 9, 2006 8:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Making Standards Free > -----Original Message----- > From: Sykes, William Thomas (Tom) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:56 PM > To: '[email protected]'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Making Standards Free > > All: > > Please don't bite into the myth that US Federal, Government, > and Military Standards are "free." They are provided > courtesy of Uncle Sugar, that is US, the taxpayer, SNIP > > William T. Sykes > Lucent Technologies EH&S > Product Safety/Conformance Manager > Room 7B-516A > 600-700 Mountain Avenue > Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 > (908)582-6937 I don't understand how the USA DoD makes their standards freely available, yet the FCC Regulations are partially dependent on proprietary IEC or IEEE standards. Ed Price [email protected] WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer & Technician Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
