Re: [Ltru] [LTRU]Preferred-Value for YU

[CE Whitehead <cewcathar at hotmail.com>]

Hi!
Just a quick question; I did not see an issue number assigned for "[LTRU]Preferred-Value for YU?" (Addison & some others were concerned about whether the keyword "MAY" made sense in this particular usage??)  Is this issue then resolved?  Or is it subsumbed under:
[Ltru] Issue #19: SHALL NOT vs. MUST NOT ?
 
Thanks.
 
(Hope this question makes sense at this time.  I guess this use of "MAY" versus "can" could involve a "normative" and not just a strictly "editorial" change; however Randy logged just about everything else with an issue number . . . ??)
 
--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar at hotmail.com
From: "Doug Ewell" <doug at ewellic.org>
 
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:24:26 -0700
Re:

> Randy Presuhn <randy underscore presuhn at mindspring dot com> wrote:

>>> While I don't insist on changing any of this text at this phenomenally late date, the fact remains that "MAY" in the sense of "is allowed or permitted to" is not the same as "may" in the sense of "could happen, or could possibly result in."

>> True, but the statement that a change is permitted to impact others is
>> nonetheless true.
> Who's doing the permitting?

> In any case, as I said, I don't think it's something for which we need to hold up
> the IETF Last Call. I don't see any reason to hold up the IETF Last Call, since the
>  IETF is surely aware that the IPR boilerplate may have to be changed before
>  publication anyway, but I suppose this group will find a reason to continue
> dragging its feet.