ipip-402: relax CAR roots requirement

#402 (comment)
ipfs · Jul 6, 2023 · 8b198d2 · 8b198d2
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diff --git a/src/http-gateways/trustless-gateway.md b/src/http-gateways/trustless-gateway.md
@@ -176,5 +176,7 @@ field MUST match the `version` parameter returned in `Content-Type` header.
 
 If the response uses version 1 or 2 of the CAR spec, the
 [`CarV1Header.roots`](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv1/#header) field
-MUST contain the CID of the terminating entity.
+MAY contain the CID of the terminus of the content path.
 
+If implementation prefers to avoid buffering blocks, and return them as soon as
+possible, the field MAY be left empty.