Eh. Here is a freely published copy of the POSIX standard: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/

Eh. Here is a freely published copy of the POSIX standard: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ Regarding the "text of some laws", there was actually a story on HN about the city of the District of Columbia asserting copyright to their laws and making it only available via a private company: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/31/ignorance-of-dcs-copyrighted-laws-can-be-costly/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/31/ignorance-of... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5251797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5251797