Re: [boost] [any] new version

Subject: Re: [boost] [any] new version
From: Bo Persson (bop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-16 22:10:54

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Dave Abrahams wrote:
>>
>> on Tue Sep 13 2011, Lars Viklund <zao-AT-acc.umu.se> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 01:48:31PM -0400, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>>>> FWIW, the FDIS (FINAL Draft International Standard) is N3290.
>>>
>>> And for some reason, not publically available since FDIS was set
>>> in stone, unless you managed to sneak a copy before it was
>>> obliterated from public access.
>>>
>>> It's in my opinion, profit be damned, quite silly to have the
>>> standard for one of the largest languages out there locked down
>>> behind a paywall.
>>
>> FWIW 1: It's a big concern among committee members, too, and there
>>         has recently been lots of discussion about this on our
>>         reflector. Unfortunately, prices are set by ISO.
>>
>> FWIW 2: We expect INCITS to start selling the standard for $30
>>         early next year.
>
> There are very many ISO/IEC standards priced at zero, see:
>
> http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/
>
> What is the problem to set zero price for ISO/IEC IS 14882?
>

Those free standards seem to have a large corporation or international 
organization as a sponsor.

So we have already payed for them.

Bo Persson