"Nehmo" wrote in message
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"that when a copyrighted standard or code is referenced into law
(particularly if it thereby becomes "the law"), the developer cannot
enforce its copyright against a free distribution of the standard. "

The NEC is a voluntary standard. It is NOT law! Some jurisdictions adopt it,
others don't.
Show where the NEC has been challenged in court and found to be public
domain.

Ben Miller


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Benjamin D. Miller, PE
B. MILLER ENGINEERING
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