Jon Postel

Editor of 2400 RFCs, and co-author of 250, the late JonPostel had more to do with the evolution of the net as we know it than any other individual. Try http://www.postel.org/ for most things to do with his work.

Known and revered for PostelsLaw: Be generous in what you accept and picky about what you emit.

Wikipedia states his law better at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel#Postel.27s_Law