Totally fair. That is the canonical source. I tend to be suspicious that google doc links are ephemeral, though there is no reason to indicate that is the case here.
I did initially think it was just a link farm type post, but it looks like Brendan wanted to capture (or share) it outside of Google Docs. Quite possibly as you say because docs feel ephemeral!
I found the original RFC a bit easier to read.
Totally fair. That is the canonical source. I tend to be suspicious that google doc links are ephemeral, though there is no reason to indicate that is the case here.
I did initially think it was just a link farm type post, but it looks like Brendan wanted to capture (or share) it outside of Google Docs. Quite possibly as you say because docs feel ephemeral!