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docs(spec): record why delegate and request are not capabilities of their own - #325
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The right to delegate a capability therefore always includes using it, which is the property that rules out a delegate-only permission.
… of their own A delegator can name itself as bearer, so a delegate-only permission would not separate delegating from using. A receiver already decides on the optional token a request carries, so a request capability would wrap tokens without closing the stranger case.
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Records the decision on #323 and #324 in the spec where the capability model is defined, and pins the property it rests on with a test in each implementation. Refs #323, refs #324.