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The usual workaround is to publish the final preprint publicly, and give Elsevier/etc an identical paper just with the “[Preprint]” watermark or letterhead remo
by DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
The usual workaround is to publish the final preprint publicly, and give Elsevier/etc an identical paper just with the “[Preprint]” watermark or letterhead removed.
- Tomte 5y agoThe Ada Rapporteur Group managed to have the standard be free. ISO/ANSI still sell it, but it's identical and the free Language Reference Manual is accepted as canonical: http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/ada12.html http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/ada12.html I think the trick was to do make sure the US Government holds copyrights, and then there is some rule that government documents need to be free. Maybe someone can comment on the specifics, it's been years since I've heard that.
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- necovek 5y agoIndeed, and I encourage people to look for "preprints" and "drafts" for standards they are interested in. Sometimes you need to look for the WG pages/forums that developed it, and they are usually public, especially for the IT-related standards. I've learned C intricacies by printing and going through an "ISO C9X" draft of the standard while in high school.
- andrewaylett 5y agoIn a similar vein, it seems fairly unlikely that anyone's implementing the actual C++ specifications rather than the final drafts.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoMicrosoft has the ISO specs. Microsoft was also so appalled by the ISO's modus operandi that they chose to publish their open specs with the ECMA that doesn't impose a paywall.
- hanche 5y agoThe Common Lisp Hyperspec is one good example of this principle. http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/ http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/