Re: SVG icons

[John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> > See RFC 2119. I think usages of may, should, must and stuff should
> > follow these explanations.

Note that RFC 2119 does not mention the phrase "may not".  In American
english it clearly means "is not permitted".  For clarity in policy
documents "must not" should be used when the intent is to state that
something is not permitted.  If the intent is to say that one has the
choice of doing or not doing something structure the sentence so as to use
"may" or "optional".  Don't use "may not" to mean "you can leave this out
if you want to".  It might be best to not use it at all as it seems to
engender some confusion.

Note also that the RFC says the the imperatives it defines should be used
sparingly.
-- 
John Hasler