Re: Is there anybody interested in supporting GB18030 in debian?
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:54:09AM -0700, rigel863@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 06:17:32PM +0800, ha shao wrote:
> Normally standard organizations (international, national or industrial)
> do not publish their standards for free. That's why you can rarely find
> any formal standard on internet. You should be able to buy the published
> gb18030 standard from "the publisher of China standards".
Yes, but... It is China and it's a national standard. They are
paid by the government funding. As a Chinese, I really hope
that the archivement of any government funded researches should
be free to use for at least China citizens... okey, when national
security related matter are not included. anyway, the standard
is not from some non-profit organization. The work is paid
by the government and the government is paid by the people.
And it is internet era. The original work should be in electronic
form. It's not like put a electronic copy will really a big cost.
Now, even unicode 3.1 is online. It used to cost a bundle.
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Best regard
hashao
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