Re: lynx-dev Referring to non-free documentation for non-free software

[Larry W. Virden]

> If "should not" (ie "we'd really prefer if you didn't"), then
> they're nice, but carry no legal force, I would guess.

> "May not" would make it a lot clearer, if that is what you
> REALLY intend; it might also strike fear into the hearts, and
> fsf-agreement-signing-hands, of lots of free-software
> (or is it open-software?) programmers.

> Or MAYBE you WANT to keep it ambiguous?  (Thus leaving it up to
> a judge to decide what the intent was?)

Note as well that both of these terms may have culturally different
interpretations "may not" to me suggests a possibility - "should not"
suggests a stronger recommendation.  "Must not" to me suggests imperative
commands.

I interpreted the rest of the message as meaning "where I say should,
I mean must"...

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