As of late the NFPA has lost the fair use copyright battle in court, its fair use to share the code when its adopted as law.
That is good to know, although copied tables tend to get scrambled, and I don't wish the raw text of NFPA-70 on my worst enemy.
For the uninitiated, the text can be gibberish without some kind of Mike Holt illustrations, NFPA link "Enhanced Content," with hand book examples, or both. These supplemental efforts deserve some gratitude for saving tremendous frustration, for a token profit that is earned, and deserved.
At IAEI meetings the combo inspectors complain NFPA-70 is not structured like other building codes, making it ridiculous to understand, and end up inspecting solely by listing requirements. That strategy works, since unlisted equipment, and poor workmanship, is typical with unqualified persons.
Reading plain text has resulted in few AHJ's agreeing on interpretation of NFPA-70, adopted by most states as the National Electrical Code (NEC). Proper application of this text requires mastery of "key phrases" not indexed like "key words", with those phrases in different chapters without reference to each other.
Further, anyone working thru NEC chapter 220 load calculation tables, who manages to match values shown in Annex D example D3(a), can’t get anyone else to understand how they did it. A universal Exception “under engineering supervision”, allows IEEE standard formulas, preferred by architects, planning departments, and engineers, while utilities prefer a different scheme to size services with the NESC.
NFPA has replaced standard formulas with proprietary idiot tables. The tables are inherently error prone, with ampacity adjustment,
and corrections, routinely miss-applied to motors, and =>75C temperature columns, exceeding temperature of several wiring methods listed in chapter 3. The fine print table notes are either ignored, or the chapter scope warning about motors is not read, much less understood for handling other loads in table 240.4(G).
Declaring this code is “not intended as an instruction guide”, is an understated warning to aspiring trade professionals without supplemental examples, reference to National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) standard guides, or illustrations that Mike Holt publishes.
With just the text of NFPA-70, municipal inspectors should be expected to continue disagreeing with each other, and remain infamous for interpretive improvisations, making up their own rules when listing requirements can't solve the question.
