Re: NEW ISSUE: Define "ought to"

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Tue, 30 July 2013 19:59 UTC

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On 2013-07-30 21:43, Mike Bishop wrote:
> If I'm following you correctly, this could be restated:
>
> ·“MAY” – Strictly at your discretion based on what matters to you
>
> ·“ought to” – Or your implementation will be less effective/efficient
> than it could be, without hurting anyone else
>
> ·“SHOULD” – Or your implementation will cause peers / the network to
> suffer for your stupidity
>
> ·“MUST” – Or you won’t be able to interoperate with anyone

Almost. Violating an "ought to" may hurt others, jusr not in the way 
BCP14 says.

Best regards, Julian