Comment by bla3

2 days ago

It's a shame that JpegXL doesn't have a freely available spec.

IIRC it doesn't have a freely available "Final" spec. The Final Draft is available for free.

In general terms, it is a shame that thousands of ISO, IEC etc specifications and documents are behind a paywall.

  • I'm surprised there hasn't been a Z-Lib/Anna's like movement for spec documents. Given how tech savvy the default audience of those documents are.

    • For many relevant specs you can find "draft versions" that are essentially the final version without the official stamp on the open web so there isn't that much of a need.

    • I mean anna's have most specs and if you know where to look there are IPFS and torrent sources for large portions of entire spec libraries.