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If a standard isn’t publicly available under a free license it should not be called a standard.

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While I agree with you, it's common that standards are not available without payment. For example, to get a copy of ISO 8601-1:2019 (as in, the date format standard!), it'll cost you $190.

https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html

Just get it from Anna's Archive

https://annas-archive.org/md5/6b38669dbfb1042a40be0f804258fd...

And upload anything you think is important enough to Library Genesis

https://wiki.mhut.org/content:how_to_upload

Or, my personal gripe, ISO 7816 - your everyday smartcard standard. A full copy sets you back > 2k €.

[1] https://www.vde-verlag.de/iec-normen/suchen/?publikationsnum...

Also on Anna's Archive:

https://annas-archive.org/md5/7957d8af6f296b3adaafd5c21d4aa3...

That's just Part 4 (and 13 is available there as well). The rest remains hidden, sadly - I assume that there aren't that many people willing to get Aaron Swartz'd.

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