On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM Brian E Carpenter < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Section 8 talks about tools, but the responsibility razor cleanly > applies to the text about plagiarism. If content has been plagiarized, the > authors are responsible. The authors might then attempt to hold a > contributor responsible, but there is limit to how much responsibility can > be deflected in these cases. > > Yes, which is exactly why it says "The authors or editors remain entirely > responsible for any content generated by AI" and "The authors or editors > must verify that no unacceptable plagiarism has been performed by AI." > You're right, the same applies to any form of contribution, not just AI > contributions. > How, precisely, do you expect that authors are to do that? Suppose that Alice is an editor of an RFC and Bob provides a PR with some new text, which turns out to have been plagiarized from some non-RFC publication by Charlie. What is it you believe Alice ought to have done in order to detect this? -Ekr
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