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Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Wed, 28 April 2021 16:01 UTC

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Gorman, Pierce wrote on 28/04/2021 16:33:
> An author can write whatever they like.  A WG is free to adopt, or
> not, whatever I-D is made available to them.  An author/editor can
> write whatever they like.  WG members are free to suggest and request
> substantive and editorial changes to an I-D.

+ notably, a protocol can evolve in parallel with ietf WG drafts.  The 
final written specification may or may not end up converging with 
production implementations.

Nick

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