In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
Jon PostelThat was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it.
Jon PostelThere was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.
Jon Postel