If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck.
Once a 'safety standard' is incorporated into a law, it becomes the law. At this point, it should be made freely available just like any other law. If it is important that some standards body get paid for their effort, then the gov't should pay at the time of transaction (when the standard is incorporated).
It's a bit rich to levy a tax on people (fee to see the law), when the people have no representation or input into the creation of the law. This goes against long established norms.
The US Constitutions forbids the federal government from copyrighting laws, the principle being that free people should be able to freely see the laws that govern them.
Once a 'safety standard' is incorporated into a law, it becomes the law. At this point, it should be made freely available just like any other law. If it is important that some standards body get paid for their effort, then the gov't should pay at the time of transaction (when the standard is incorporated).
It's a bit rich to levy a tax on people (fee to see the law), when the people have no representation or input into the creation of the law. This goes against long established norms.
The US Constitutions forbids the federal government from copyrighting laws, the principle being that free people should be able to freely see the laws that govern them.