* **The command line interface** of `systemd`, `systemctl`, `loginctl`, `journalctl`, and all other command line utilities installed in `$PATH` and documented in a man page. We will make sure that scripts invoking these commands will continue to work with future versions of systemd. Note however that the output generated by these commands is generally not included in the promise, unless it is documented in the man page. Example: the output of `systemctl status` is not stable, but that of `systemctl show` is, because the former is intended to be human readable and the latter computer readable, and this is documented in the man page.
-* **The protocol spoken on the socket referred to by `$NOTIFY_SOCKET`**, as documented in [sd_notify(3)](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_notify.html).
+* **The protocol spoken on the socket referred to by `$NOTIFY_SOCKET`**, as documented in
+ [sd_notify(3)](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_notify.html). Note that, although using
+ libsystemd is a good choice, this protocol can also be reimplemented without external dependencies, as
+ demonstrated in the example listed in
+ [systemd.service(5)](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html)
* Some of the **"special" unit names** and their semantics. To be precise the ones that are necessary for normal services, and not those required only for early boot and late shutdown, with very few exceptions. To list them here: `basic.target`, `shutdown.target`, `sockets.target`, `network.target`, `getty.target`, `graphical.target`, `multi-user.target`, `rescue.target`, `emergency.target`, `poweroff.target`, `reboot.target`, `halt.target`, `runlevel[1-5].target`.
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