On Feb 6, 2008 3:38 AM, Jens Seidel <jensseidel@users.sf.net> wrote:
I have seen already some quotes to the C++ standard such as this one and wonder whether it's legal. [snip]
Seems like a copyright violation ...
I think that it's ok, mainly because it's a small thing. Agreed. I would have expected it to come under "fair use".
If not, there's always the public comment draft standards which, afaik, are on unrestricted distribution. I believe that strictly speaking, that is not so. My understanding is
From: Scott McMurray that draft standards are copyright works too, but are issued with a license which allows unrestricted copying /for the purpose of commenting on the proposed new standard/. Copying for other purposes is not allowed. (If this is not right, I'm sure that a member of the standards committee will be along shortly to correct me.) -- Martin Bonner Senior Software Engineer/Team Leader PI SHURLOK LTD Telephone: +44 1223 441434 / 203894 (direct) Fax: +44 1223 203999 Email: martin.bonner@pi-shurlok.com www.pi-shurlok.com disclaimer