Re: IESG Statement on surprised authors

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

I believe John is correct. Whether or not they are surprises,
involuntary acknowledgements may be highly desirable in some
circumstances.

But wait... there's a draft about this since three minutes ago:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-whats-an-author-01

Regards
   Brian

On 30/05/2015 11:25, joel jaeggli wrote:
> Afaik from our discussion that led to this statement, and the recent
> appeal on the subject, The contents of the acknowledges section is
> largely at the discretion of the editors/authors.
> 
> I liked our words on the subject at the time.
> 
> Writing acknowledgments sections is largely a matter of editorial
> discretion, where good sense and general attribution practices are the
> primary guidelines, although RFC 2026 Section 10.3.1 has some specific
> rules regarding acknowledgment of major contributors, copyright, and IPR.
> 
> 
> On 5/29/15 4:03 PM, Jari Arkko wrote:
>> John,
>>
>>> I hope this does not turn into a long discussion, but I believe
>>> the parenthetical note about "surprised acknowledgment" either
>>> needs to be removed 
>>
>> FWIW, after seeing your note I do agree that it could be misinterpreted.
>> I’m fine with removing it. But I make no claims about the preferences
>> of my fellow IESG members regarding such removal :-)
>>
>> Jari
>>
> 
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