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An explanation and terms for access to the HTML documents C950, C951, C952 and C953

Documents C950, C951, C952 and C953, which collectively are The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 and IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, are a joint work owned by The Open Group and the IEEE. The html versions of these documents are made available under the following terms and conditions:

  1. You should note that The Open Group and the IEEE maintain full copyright protection on these jointly owned publications.
  2. You are permitted to read the HTML versions of these Open Group/IEEE publications using your HTML browser software and to download them for your own personal use provided you have given your name and email address for each publication requested. However, you are NOT permitted to amend, copy, reprint, offer for sale, or otherwise re-use material from these documents without explicit permission from The Open Group/IEEE. Your personal data is used to enable Open Group/IEEE to gauge interest in the documents, to enable The Open Group/IEEE to alert you to new editions and to enable The Open Group/IEEE to send you details of any corrigenda. Your personal details will not be disclosed by The Open Group/IEEE to any third party
  3. Whilst The Open Group/IEEE will use its best endeavors to create HTML versions that mirror the hard copy publications, there are bound to be differences between the versions. The hard copy publication remains the authoritative version for Testing and Certification and other purposes.
  4. The Open Group/IEEE reserve the right to charge for HTML versions of their publications in the future.
  5. Readers who acquire the HTML version of The Open Group/IEEE publications from a source other than The Open Group/IEEE should be conscious of the fact that HTML is a revisable format and that the un- official, probably illegal, version they acquire might have been changed from the original.
  6. We invite readers to send us comments and suggestions about our publications and especially their presentation in HTML. Questions and comments should be addressed to OGPubs@opengroup.org

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