•  dan   ( @dan@upvote.au ) 
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    From that RFC:

    0.0.0.0/8 - Addresses in this block refer to source hosts on "this"
    network.  Address 0.0.0.0/32 may be used as a source address for this
    host on this network; other addresses within 0.0.0.0/8 may be used to
    refer to specified hosts on this network ([RFC1122], Section
    3.2.1.3).
    

    (note that it only says “source address”)

    which was based on RFC 1122, which states:

    We now summarize the important special cases for Class A, B,
    and C IP addresses, using the following notation for an IP
    address:
    
        { ,  }
    
    or
        { , ,  }
    
    ...
    
    (a)  { 0, 0 }
    
    This host on this network.  MUST NOT be sent, except as
    a source address as part of an initialization procedure
    by which the host learns its own IP address.
    
    See also Section 3.3.6 for a non-standard use of {0,0}.
    

    (section 3.3.6 just talks about it being a legacy IP for broadcasts - I don’t think that even works any more)