Hi Brian - Thanks for the shout out ... I "blogged" the whole thing at the time if anybody is interested: http://museum.media.org/eti Regards, Carl > I think we should give credit to Carl Malamud and Tony Rutkowski, > whe spent many months in Geneva at least ten years ago, sowing the > seeds for this move by the ITU. > > Brian > > On 2006-12-25 18:41, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > Since my Narten number has been rather low of late, and since > > this should be of wide interest and is directly relevant to the IETF's > > functions, and > > since I had not heard of it previously, I thought I would distribute this. > > > > I also thought that people would like the reasoning behind this decision. > > > > Regards (& Happy Holidays to all) > > Marshall Eubanks > > > > > > http://www.dailypayload.com/2006/1221.html > > ITU to Distribute Standards Free of Charge > > December 21, 2006 > > > > Many people in the telecommunication industry have pressed for the ITU > > to make its standards documents available free of charge. Well, the long > > wait is over. Starting January 2, 2007 the ITU will make its standards > > documents available to the public free of charge. > > > > The same kind of change in policy took place at ETSI several years ago. > > Reportedly, making its standards available for free did not have a > > negative impact on ETSI's bottom line. Rather, the free standards helped > > to drive participation in the standards-making body, thus compensating > > for any loss in revenue.This move came after a very long trial wherein > > the ITU allowed a person to register an e-mail address and download > > three documents free. This trial demonstrated conclusively that there > > was a strong desire to receive standards at no cost. > > > > Since the ITU publishes some documents jointly with ISO, special > > consideration will be given to those "common" texts, since ISO still > > charges for its standards and is apparently heavily dependent on the > > revenue from the sales of its standards. For such "common" texts for > > which ISO charges a fee, the ITU will not release documents free of > > charge until they are at least one year old. > > > > Documents will be made available in PDF format, downloadable directly > > from the ITU web site. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf