Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] The GIF issue

[Darryl]

In concurence with an email posted previously and with the
forewarning that I am niether a lawyer nor a legal expert of any kind
it does seem at least convention in "standards" in general and certainly
wordings in all standards I have read (ISO,ANSI,ASM,ASME,SAE)
that "should not" would imply an option and "shall" implies a mandatory
requirement.

Regards.
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From: "Richard Stallman" <address@hidden>
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Subject: Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] The GIF issue


>     It uses the words "you should not inlcude GIF's in..." it does *not*
say
>     "you cannot" or "you shall not". It says "should not", which implies
an
>     option.
>
> It is a requirement, not an option.  This file always states
> requirements with "should not", never "cannot" or "shall not".  The
> file uses "cannot" only for factual statements about what is possible,
> and never uses "shall" at all.
>
> I'm sorry about the misunderstanding, but we can't leave this problem
> unfixed just because of a misunderstanding that has been cleared up.