Re: [Bug 24823] New: [ServiceWorker]: "MAY NOT" is not defined in RFC 2119

* bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
>The section "Worker Script Caching" uses the term "MAY NOT", which is not
>defined in RFC 2119.  I'm assuming this is intended to be "MUST NOT" or maybe
>"SHOULD NOT".

If an agent "MAY $x" then it also "MAY not $x". It is possible that the
author meant "must not" or "should not" in this specific instance, but
in general such a reading would be incorrect. If course, specifications
should not use constructs like "may not".
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Received on Wednesday, 26 February 2014 18:00:08 UTC