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Standards shouldn't be behind a paywall(lemmy.world)

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  • ISO 8601 is paywalled
  • RFC allows a space instead of a T (e.g. 2020-12-09 16:09:…) which is nicer to read.
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kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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Its funny because everything about ISO 8601 is covered on its Wikipedia article. Very few people need to spend the francs to need the spec.

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Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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You HAVE to read the spec if you want to be compliant, you can’t just hope every detail is on wikipedia

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Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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Also, even if you fully respect the specs, I assume you can’t get certified as “compliant” by ISO if you didn’t pay for the specs ?

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CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
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“HAVE” to like Germans HAVE to have their driving license to drive?

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K4mpfie@feddit.de
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If you want to be compliant for a standard you need to have a copy of it. Luckily it’s only companies that really need to buy them

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SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world
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Which means the companies using the specs pay the company making the specs for everyone (companies and people) to use.

That sounds fair, but I wouldn’t be surprised if capitalism fucked it up anyhow.

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