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Re: [Bimi] Radical critique (more radical alternate proposal follows)

Richard Clayton <richard@highwayman.com> Thu, 21 July 2022 11:12 UTC

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To: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bimi] Radical critique (more radical alternate proposal follows)
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In message <20AFA1C23F58886171D1D808@PSB>, John C Klensin <john-
ietf@jck.com> writes

>I will, however note
>that I think there should be some analogy to Godwin's Law for
>invocation of magic as a requirement.

for that I apologise, especially since it confused people...

so you'd propose something like

Klensin's Canon: the more complex a protocol becomes, the more likely
that trite criticism of that complexity will claim that the only way of
implementing it will involve magic.

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richard                                                   Richard Clayton

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