On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:36:19 +0000, tim wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:18:46 +0000, Obnoxious User wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:35:14 +0000, William M. Klein wrote:
>>
>>> You do know those have been "unsupported" Standards for 6 years now?
>>
>> Yes, I know.
>>
>>> Well, go to:
>>>
>>> http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/results
>>>
>>> Search on "COBOL"
>>>
>>> then do a "search within" for 1985
>>>
>>> You can't still get the US version, but I think you can get the
>>> Canadian one - which is probably the same. Also, the FIPS version
>>> might be the full Standard - or it might be just the 6 page FIPS
>>> addenendum.
>>
>> The Canadian one seems just to be a simple document (7 pages) referring
>> to the US version, much like what ISO provides. Thanks anyway.
>>
>> OU
>
> This does illustrate some of the problems with the absurdly long terms
> of copyright. This is an important document and which is now unavailable
> it seems. But I cannot send you a copy because that is not allowed.
>
> If something has been published and is now out of print you should be
> able to copy it.
>
After talking with ANSI I got the the following address:
www.doceng.com
And from what I can tell they have the document for $20. Now
I only have to figure out how to make them accept my credit card.
For some reason US sites just can't deal with foreign letters
and complains that the addresses don't match. Damn it.
OU
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