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   Z̈oé ⛵ (uint8_t@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 20:47:21 JST Z̈oé ⛵

   ALL standards should be available online free of charge.

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     Lena Schimmel (lenaschimmel@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 20:47:27 JST Lena Schimmel

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     @uint8_t In March 2024, the was a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which basically said that all standards that are mandatory for products must be free of charge.

     I just looked up what's the current state of this:

     There is now an official web site where you can request free access to european standards, and access those that were sucessfully requested by others: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request/home

     It explicitly says that everyone may use it, not just people in the EU.

     (See caveats in replies!)

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     Lena Schimmel (lenaschimmel@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 15:30:20 JST Lena Schimmel

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     @uint8_t But it takes 15 to 30 days to process a request.

     And among those documents that are already published, I did not yet find anything useful or interesting.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 15:34:12 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @uint8_t For me a standard is by very definition something you want to publish out freely so it gets broad adoption, otherwise it's a waste of money.
     
     So I kind of consider the ones which aren't open-access to be mere internal/private specifications, like the kind of stuff from a customer.