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seb1204yesterday at 10:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, except there seems to be a move on the best words from SHALL to MUST and from SHOULD to MAY. IANAL but I recall reading this in e.g. legal language guidance sites.


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aunderscoredyesterday at 10:39 PM

RFC language is expmicltly defined in 2119[0]. Any other interpretation is incorrect.

[0] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119

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