>In Section 3.3.1.5: > > "IEEE 802 standards, once approved, are published and made available > for sale." > >This could be a cultural difference. RFC 6852 glosses over that (see "Standards specifications are made accessible to all for implementation and deployment.") IEEE 802 standards are made more-or-less freely available (you have to agree to terms of use online) after a period of 6 months from publication. Details are here: http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/. -Peter