From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ development In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:48:45 +0200 Message-Id: <1158227325.28902.38.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] are bluetooth specs no longer freely available? Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Albert, > As I've done in the past, last week I tried downloading a copy of the > specs from http://www.bluetooth.org/spec and found that I'm no longer > allowed to do so. > > In the past, I've registered an individual level acccount on the > website, which then let me download most of the specs and profiles. > > Now, it says: > > The document you requested requires you to be a member of the group > Adopters > > Although Adopter membership is free, apparently only incorporated > entities are allowed membership. So it seems that individuals are not > able to download the specs from the bluetooth.org website... > > Can anyone else confirm this? I tried filling in the contact form on > the bluetooth website, but don't expect a response (never get one) they are changing so many stuff, but Bluetooth is no longer a really open specification. You have to be an adopter to participate and that they killed the individual membership is totally stupid. They basically kicked out all Universities and students from access to early drafts of upcoming specifications. For the adopted specification you can use this link to download them: http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Learn/Technology/Specifications/ A small tip from my side. Keep all your old specifications, because they tend to remove access to old specifications if a new one has been released. So it is impossible to compare a new version to the old version of a specification. If you have products complying to the old specification, this is useful. Some changes are not obvious or they have been forgotten to mention in the new version. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel