Re: [gnu.org #1363250] ASCII maintain.txt is no longer ASCII

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   But you are right.  GCS are not hard and fast rules.  So this means if
   there is a good reason to depart from the standards, then do so, but
   the onus is on you to justify your decision to do so.

That onus is very low, non-existant even.