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Re: axfr-clarify's fraudulent claims of consensus



> RFC 2119, section 6: ``Imperatives of the type defined in this memo
> must be used with care and sparingly.  In particular, they MUST only
> be used where it is actually required for interoperation or to limit
> behavior which has potential for causing harm (e.g., limiting
> retransmisssions) For example, they must not be used to try to impose
> a particular method on implementors where the method is not required
> for interoperability.''

fwiw, this only applies to documents that cite RFC 2119 for
definitions of those terms. other documents have used other
definitions.