When you do buy an individual copy, it comes with your name printed in the footer of every page. I had a copy of one once (won't say which one) and I could not let my boss read it. For many topics, national standards (like NIST) are great. They are free too.
Edit: We went with individual purchases because the group license was way too expensive. Had we paid for that, then we could have shared the docs with upto X employees.
I'm not sure how they can restrict you from lending such things, unless you've signed a contract specifically saying so. Copyright cannot be used that way, at least in the US.
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When you do buy an individual copy, it comes with your name printed in the footer of every page. I had a copy of one once (won't say which one) and I could not let my boss read it. For many topics, national standards (like NIST) are great. They are free too.
Edit: We went with individual purchases because the group license was way too expensive. Had we paid for that, then we could have shared the docs with upto X employees.
I'm not sure how they can restrict you from lending such things, unless you've signed a contract specifically saying so. Copyright cannot be used that way, at least in the US.