IEEE standards

Suppose I want to acquire some IEEE Standard Documents without paying for them.

IK there is no easy way, but considering that there might be some secluded release group on EFnet. Assuming it exists I might be willing to go into all the troubles with tunneled a bnc and stuff.

What are my chances to get V& and are the people I would have to get in touch with exposing themselves to it?

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Given time and perseverance, any one can make use of those documents. The only justification in my eyes is the source of funding. If people doing research can manage to make money off of those willing to pay lots of money to read their papers, then alright, that's cool. It's a bummer that it isn't completely open to the public, as there is an economic barrier. It's not as bad as being proprietary though. If you wanted to maximize your contribution to the furthering of technology/science/whatever, you would make all of your work open and free to view to maximize the size of your audience, and the number of people around the world willing to pick up your work where you left off. Restricting access to your work lessens your contribution to society.