Make it clear that images on web sites don't fall into the 'private communication' bucket. (whatwg r2983)

Make it clear that images on web sites don't fall into the 'private
communication' bucket. (whatwg r2983)

4.8.2.1.11 An image in an e-mail or private document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2147.html#an-image-in-an-e-mail-or-private-document-intended-for-a-specific-person-who-is-known-to-be-able-to-view-images
4.8.2.1.10 An image not intended for the user
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2147.html#an-image-not-intended-for-the-user
4.8.2.1.12 General guidelines
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2147.html#general-guidelines

http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2146&r2=1.2147&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=2982&to=2983

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@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
          <li><a href="#a-group-of-images-that-form-a-single-larger-picture-with-links"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.8 </span>A group of images that form a single larger picture with links</a></li>
          <li><a href="#a-key-part-of-the-content"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.9 </span>A key part of the content</a></li>
          <li><a href="#an-image-not-intended-for-the-user"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.10 </span>An image not intended for the user</a></li>
-         <li><a href="#an-image-in-an-e-mail-or-document-intended-for-a-specific-person-who-is-known-to-be-able-to-view-images"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.11 </span>An image in an e-mail or document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images</a></li>
+         <li><a href="#an-image-in-an-e-mail-or-private-document-intended-for-a-specific-person-who-is-known-to-be-able-to-view-images"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.11 </span>An image in an e-mail or private document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images</a></li>
          <li><a href="#general-guidelines"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.12 </span>General guidelines</a></li>
          <li><a href="#guidance-for-markup-generators"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.13 </span>Guidance for markup generators</a></li>
          <li><a href="#guidance-for-conformance-checkers"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.14 </span>Guidance for conformance checkers</a></ol></ol></li>
@@ -15539,15 +15539,18 @@
   views, then the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute must
   be the empty string.<p>In such cases, the <code title="attr-dim-width"><a href="#attr-dim-width">width</a></code> and
   <code title="attr-dim-height"><a href="#attr-dim-height">height</a></code> attributes should both
-  be set to zero.<h6 id="an-image-in-an-e-mail-or-document-intended-for-a-specific-person-who-is-known-to-be-able-to-view-images"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.11 </span>An image in an e-mail or document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images</h6><p>When an image is included in a communication (such as an HTML
-  e-mail) aimed at someone who is known to be able to view images,
-  the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute may be
-  omitted. However, even in such cases it is strongly recommended
+  be set to zero.<h6 id="an-image-in-an-e-mail-or-private-document-intended-for-a-specific-person-who-is-known-to-be-able-to-view-images"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.11 </span>An image in an e-mail or private document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images</h6><p><em>This section does not apply to documents that are publicly
+  accessible, or whose target audience is not necessarily personally
+  known to the author, such as documents on a Web site, e-mails sent
+  to public mailing lists, or software documentation.</em><p>When an image is included in a private communication (such as an
+  HTML e-mail) aimed at a specific person who is known to be able to
+  view images, the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute may
+  be omitted. However, even in such cases it is strongly recommended
   that alternative text be included (as appropriate according to the
-  kind of image involved, as described in the above entries), so
-  that the e-mail is still usable should the user use a mail client
-  that does not support images, or should the e-mail be forwarded on
-  to other users whose abilities might not include easily seeing
+  kind of image involved, as described in the above entries), so that
+  the e-mail is still usable should the user use a mail client that
+  does not support images, or should the document be forwarded on to
+  other users whose abilities might not include easily seeing
   images.<h6 id="general-guidelines"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.12 </span>General guidelines</h6><p>The most general rule for writing alternative text is that the
   intent is that replacing every image with the text of its <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute not change the meaning of
   the page.<p>So, in general, alternative text can be written by considering

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