Re: ISO/IEC 9075-2:2016 for postgres community

Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I just bought ISO/IEC 9075-2:2016
> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=63556
> to satisfy my interest on json support in SQL. I am not ready to discuss
> here implementation details, but there is one problem with the status of
> this document, which is copyright protected.
>
> "All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this
> publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any
> means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the
> internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can
> be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in
> the country of the requester."
>
> My question is should we ask ISO for permission to use my copy in our
> community or should we buy at least one another copy (for reviewer) ?

With previous versions, we have relied on draft versions
"indistinguishable from latest" posted by third parties. I couldn't
find such a version for sql2106 in an (admittedly very quick) search.
I doubt ISO would give the community permission to use your copy, but it
wouldn't hurt to ask them.

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