From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 10:52:04 CDT
In <Pine.BSI.3.91.1030501174420.18645L-100000@spsystems.net> Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> writes:
>On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Charles Lindsey wrote:
>> If it is concerned with syntax, or with what a valid article looks
>> like, or it is a matter which could lead to interoperability
>> problems, then it belongs in USEFOR.
>A small suggested amendment to this: "could lead to interoperability
>problems or cause significant harm to the network or other hosts". (This
>is based on RFC 2119's discussion -- section 6 -- of when "MUST" is to be
>used in standards-track documents.)
Yes. Point taken.
But when we look at particular cases, I have no doubt people will be
pushing for all sorts of special pleadings :-( .
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