Well, by some research, I found that Daniel Defoe wrote an work with title "Plain English, with remarks and advice to some men who need not be nam'd". Now I am not sure API would interpret Defoe's legacy as we have the obligation to name the man!
And strange enough, Oxford Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage still believes that "He says she need not answer" can be equally expressed as "He says she does not need to answer".
@Marty Thompson, because it seems you are a native speaker of English, please help us once again clarifying the possible grammatical mechanism by which "however the lap need not exceed x mm" becomes something that stipulates the minimum "x mm".
In my opinion, API interpretation just plays with words saying there that API Standard 650 does not address maximum lap and, of course, any lap that exceeds the minimum is acceptable. I don't think they said something about minimum as "x is minimum". Or maybe I'm the poor man who need not be named!
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