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Re: A nuance of interoperability reports

2012-02-22 09:14:50
On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 08:32:05 PM Randy Bush wrote:
i think what richard was trying to hint is that the same tool can be
used for both good and bad.  and we can't predict that, just because it
has been used for bad yesteday, it will not be used for good in the rosy
future.

Yes, but the same argument can be made about unused features.  Just because a 
feature wasn't used so far, we can't predict the future.  It may be useful.

If there's not non-abusive deployment, then it seems reasonable to treat that 
as non-deployment of the feature.

Scott K
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