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 >> > >