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From std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net Tue Aug 28 18:20:47 1990
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From: khb@Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages)
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Subject: Re: Silly Argument (was POSIX standards via FTP)
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From: khb@Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages)
In article <464@usenix.ORG> Don_Lewine@dgc.ceo.dg.com writes:
., The argument about altered standards is just plain silly. Given a
monetary incentive, I can have the whole standard rekeyed. Given
the OCR equipment I have in my office, I can scan the whole document
at fairly low cost.
And if you do those things, and it is an X3 document they have
reserved the right to sue you. Such a threat already stopped one such
effort.
I agree that having standards online would be desireable; the logjam
is not technical, it is economic/political/legal.
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Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 69