From walt@netcom.com Tue Jun 7 02:47:39 1994 Received: from netcom14.netcom.com by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA07435 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 7 Jun 1994 18:47:34 +0200 Received: by netcom14.netcom.com (8.6.8.1/Netcom) id JAA06169; Tue, 7 Jun 1994 09:47:39 -0700 Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 09:47:39 -0700 From: walt@netcom.com (Walt Brainerd) Message-Id: <199406071647.JAA06169@netcom14.netcom.com> To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: F95 on the WWW X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Jerry wrote: > Speaking of the www, I have visions of having the Fortran standard be the first > standard available on the www (and through Mosaic), or at least our latest > "committee working document" (ANSI/ISO still copyright the "official version" - > grumble, grumble). I see nothing inconsistent about ANSI/ISO copyrighting the standard and putting it on WWW. It is like putting it in a library; people are not supposed to copy it, but may look at it all they want (and as with the library, it is hard to control copying). ISO and member bodies may continue to cover some of their expenses by selling paper or electronic copies if this is what they choose to do. The point I am making is that it should be possible to put the standard on WWW (presumably with ISO's permission) without trying to do battle with them about the copyright issue. As one who helped convince them to make electronic copies available (perhaps also a first among standards?), I would be happy to do what I can to convince them to allow us to put it on the WWW.