[cap-talk] "Ambient capability"

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

Kevin Reid wrote:
> Someone just wrote this page on the erights.org wiki:
> 
>    http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Ambient_capability
> 
> I've never seen this term before and the description feels a little  
> off. Would the scholars and taxonomists of cap-talk please review/edit  
> this article?

I don't understand what this page is trying to say either. The term
"capability" should be reserved for an actual capability (first-class
value that combines an object designator and authority to that object);
this page seems to be using it differently.

At first sight, having permissions vary "by virtue of context" seems
like an antipattern in any capability system.

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