In Section 3.3.1.5:
"IEEE 802 standards, once approved, are published and made available
for sale."
This could be a cultural difference. RFC 6852 glosses over that (see
"Standards specifications are made accessible to all for implementation and
deployment.")
IEEE 802 standards are made more-or-less freely available (you have to agree
to terms of use online) after a period of 6 months from publication.
Details are here: http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/.
-Peter