from that link: "Throughout Germany there are standards "repositories", or libraries, where the public can view standards for free. For more information go to h

from that link: "Throughout Germany there are standards "repositories", or libraries, where the public can view standards for free. For more information go to http://www.beuth.de/de/rubrik/auslegestellen http://www.beuth.de/de/rubrik/auslegestellen (German only)" Anyone can go into one of those libraries listed here and have a look into the Standard Documents, most commonly with a desktop computer connected over the internet to access the online database. It's still free, just not free as in free on the internet. Beuth is the DIN owned publisher.