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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Thu, 17 May 2012 10:56 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

> can != may
>
> one is ability, the other permission

Right, and if you are giving some entity permission to do something in a
protocol spec, surely that ought to be written in normative terms.

Tony.
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