it isn’t really.
the spec is and has been available online in pirated form since the beginning to hackers.
the $170 dollar price for a copy isn’t even a deterrent to most security researchers who regularly have to spend much more to research various security protocols or equipment.
bugs of the same age exist in open free specs as well.
It is a logically fallacy to infer one from the other. the term for this sort of logical fallacy is non sequitur. the argument is not logically sound. the wording is fine, it is the logic that doesn’t follow.
I’d love to see most standard be open and free for review, and there are legitimate arguments for doing so without justifying based on false arguments. If the EFF wants to win any victories for freedom they should take care to make sure the arguments and reasoning are sound otherwise they set the causes back and make their side too easy to dismiss. also know as doing more harm than good. (see pretty much every w3c article on BB)
