Standards shouldn't be behind a paywall
Standards shouldn't be behind a paywall
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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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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.
35 0 ReplyYou HAVE to read the spec if you want to be compliant, you can't just hope every detail is on wikipedia
24 1 ReplyAlso, 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 ?
7 0 Reply"HAVE" to like Germans HAVE to have their driving license to drive?
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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
8 0 ReplyWhich 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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