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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

2012-05-17 05:56:50
Randy Bush <randy(_at_)psg(_dot_)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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