On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:19:06 -0500
Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:51:39 -0500, Erik Schmidt
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Maybe he just didn't know about the legalities surrounding the PCI spec.
> > I sure don't.
> >
> > Could somebody explain it to me?
> >
> > You need to pay something to see the spec? Do you need to pay anything
> > to use the spec?
>
> My understanding is that in order to receive official documentation on
> PCI, you have to be a member of the SIG. That doesn't necessarily
> mean that someone can't tell you about PCI but that the copyright
> license on the documents available from the SIG require that you be a
> member to have your own copy.
Not exactly. You can buy them w/o being a member.
But the prices are for an "open standard" horribly high.
IIRC 500USD per standard and you need at least 5 of them
to do something usefull.
> I doubt it would be a violation of
> copyright law for you to flip through your friend's legitimate copy.
Or go to the next better library. If you live in a country
with sensible copyright laws, you are even allowed to make
yourself a copy of it.
> Being members of the open source community and relying on licenses
> like the GPL, we should all be very much aware of the value of
> respecting copyrights. There may or may not be some points in
> copyright law to be debated, but when you consider the GPL, copyright
> law is our friend.
Full ACK
Attila Kinali
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