Ian Stirling wrote:
Tony Bryer wrote:
In article , Andy Hall
wrote:
Having said all of that, there is a huge cost in the preparation of
and testing to standards. It is reasonable for much of that cost to
be borne by those wishing to access and use that information in the
same way that we pay for other intellectual property like books and
music.

Fortunately HMG has decided otherwise wrt legislation, SI, Building
Regs Approved Documents etc. The key documents you need to be an
architect are free, those you need to be a gas fitter cost ???

Many of the other documents are unavailable.
For example, a while back, UK customs confiscated a consignment of laser
pointers that were 1% over the maximum emissions level, quoting safety as
the reason.
Oops. "And standard BSxxx as justification"
Never mind that they were to be used inside a sealed box.