--On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:33 +1200 Brian E Carpenter
<brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes, although Randy's main point, at least as I understood it,
>> was that authors should be citing important papers in the
>> external literature that provide the foundations for whatever
>> is being done in proposed RFCs. "Don't pretend, even by
>> omission, to have invented ideas that were not yours" would
>> also be a good comment for the Tao and/or assorted documents
>> on appropriate behavior.
>
> Quite apart from the ethical aspect, such citations would help
> anyone needing to do a prior art search.
And, of course, if we ever have a resurgence of the discussions
some years ago about making the RFC Series more academically
credible, getting those citations in is critical. So, yes,
lots of reasons including, but not limited to, the ones that
Randy identified.
john
