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From: walt@netcom.com (Walt Brainerd)
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Subject: Electronic versions of ISO 1539
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I posted this on comp.lang.fortran, so some of you
probably are getting this twice, but ...

In accordance with an official agreement with
the International Standards Organization, Unicomp
is now able to distribute electronic versions of
the Fortran 90 standard: "ISO/IEC 1539 : 1991,
Information technology--Programming languages--Fortran".

The money received from this effort will go partly to
fund ISO activities and partly to recover the costs
incurred by Unicomp in preparing and typesetting the
standard document.  The prices are set by ISO.

The document can be obtained in three versions:

1.  An ascii version suitable for viewing on a
    computer terminal using any kind of editor.
    Cost: USD 125.

2.  A PostScript version with a license allowing
    the purchaser to print n paper copies.
    Cost: USD 125 + 10n.

3.  Complete source in ditroff with macros and
    software to extract and create the annexes.
    The source constitutes a fairly high level
    marked up document; for example, each program
    beginning and ending is marked and there
    are few low-level typographic commands such
    as size and font changes.  Cost USD 1000.

I am quite enthused especially about version (2).
If you want to have 10 copies for your organization,
and it costs $10 to make a printed copy, then the
cost to make the 10 copies would be $125 + $200,
or just $32.50 per copy, which is a substantial
savings over purchasing paper copies.

Versions (1) and (3) will be accompanied by a
license restricting use to one CPU and prohibiting
copying, except for backup purposes, etc.  The
version (2) license will prohibit distributing
any of the printed copies outside of the purchasing
organization.

If you have special requirements, such as wanting
to distribute a copy with each version of your compiler
or using the source as a part of your documentation,
we can make special arrangements, subject to the
approval of the ISO.  Please advise me of your
requirements and we can work up a proposal together.

ISO and Unicomp think this will provide the often
requested access to the standard in electronic form.
This is the first time this is being tried, so we hope
that organizations will be careful to observe the rules
and encourage the continued availability of this
and other standards in electronic form.

Payment can be made by Visa or MasterCard, or with
a check on a US Bank in US funds.  We will accept
a purchase order only if the amount is $500 or more.

[Keith: can you put some of this in the FAQ?]